Fertilizer Subsidy Programme News Today

Plan to have cane workers receive bonuses every year end underway; President Ruto says government has annulled Sh110b sugar factory debts accrued over the last 40 years.

The Kenya Integrated Agriculture Information System with 6.4 million farmers already registered will enhance the coordination of agricultural production and streamline service delivery across the sector. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke

Thursday, December 14, 2023 - Controller of Budget (CoB) Margaret Nyakang'o has exposed President William Ruto’s lies, saying his administration was spending over Ksh4 billion every month on subsidies.  This is despite Ruto criticising the practice that was started by his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta. According to Nyakang'o, Ruto’s government has continued to offer subsidies to private and…

The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, (GIRSAL) is calling for a review of the Fertilizer Subsidy Programme introduced by the government under the planting for food and jobs initiative in 2017. GIRSAL in their assessment indicated that the initiative was bedeviled with smuggling cases that confirm the hike in prices of food […]

The government has received 34,400 tonnes fertilizer in its raw form as donation from Russia to boost farm production.

Agriculture remains an important pillar of Ghanas economy, employing nearly half of the workforce and contributing about 20 per cent to the nations Gross

From 2008 to 2021, the national annual fish production increased from Sh9 billion to Sh30,38 billion.

The Network of Commercial Agriculture Production (NETCAP) has proposed four major interventions for the government to implement “to avert a possible food security crisis.” They include the expansion of the Fertilizer Subsidy Programme to include all farmers in the country instead of only smallholder farmers, expanding the fertilizer subsidy to…