Economist backs subsidy, proposes reforms | The Nation Onlin

University of Malawi (Unima) associate economics professor Winford Masanjala has backed the continuation of fertiliser subsidies, but has proposed reforms that include grouping smallholder farmers into various categories based on needs and economic status. He expressed his views in his presentation under the Ben Kaluwa Seminar Series titled ‘Can Malawi sunset the fertiliser subsidy programme?

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