December 16, 2020 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 5 Comments World Bank has expressed reservations with the Tonse Alliance administration’s K60 billion Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) , saying the flagship programme is not sustainable and advised the Malawi authorities to review it. One of the key promises for the Tonse Alliance in the campaign wass universal reduction of the price of fertiliser to K4 495 per 50-kilogramme bag Tonse Alliance administration targets 4.2 million smallholder farming households will each access two bags of fertiliser weighing 50 kilogramme (kg) each at K4 495 per bag and five kg certified seed at K2 000 per pack. In the K2.2 trillion National Budget, AIP is allocated K160 billion of the K245 billion allocation for the mainstay agriculture sector, representing a 78 percent increase from the K36 billion allocation in the terminated Fisp [Farm Input Subsidy Programme] .