MINISTER of Agriculture Reuben Mtolo Phiri says government has no plans to increase the number of FISP beneficiaries, as the programme is not sustainable in its current form. He says FISP is merely a support mechanism to help farmers improve productivity, adding that government policy is to promote other initiatives like the Sustainable Agriculture Financing Facility (SAFF). Responding to a question by Chinsali MP Kalalwe Mukosa, who wanted to find out how many beneficiaries of the Farmer Input Support Programme were in Chinsali District and whether government had any plans to increase the number, Phiri said the number of beneficiaries in Chinsali stood at 8,466. “Honourable Member asked government how many beneficiaries of the Farmer Input Support Programme were in...