(Reuters) - If Malawi's $1.2 billion budget is not passed this month it could delay the roll-out of a fertiliser subsidy crucial to boosting food production, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe said on Wednesday.
Malawi, hit by frequent food shortages, introduced the seed and fertiliser programme in 2005. It helped raise output of the staple maize to an estimated 3.2 million tonnes in 2006/07 -- the biggest crop in a decade.
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Malawi, hit by frequent food shortages, introduced the seed and fertiliser programme in 2005. It helped raise output of the staple maize to an estimated 3.2 million tonnes in 2006/07 -- the biggest crop in a decade.
Read more at Reuters Africa
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