Zambia: 537,000 Farmers Receive Imputs Under E-Voucher

ABOUT 537, 000 farmers have started receiving inputs under E-voucher, representing 53 per cent of the 1 million farmers that are targeted to benefit in the 2017/18 farming season, E-governance Permanent Secretary Martin Mtonga has said.

And Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa has said Ministry of Finance has released K50 billion to pay banks for the process while Government had set aside K36 million to combat the predicted army worm invasion during the current farming season.

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