Axe hangs over ISPAAD, other state subsidies :: Mmegi Online

ISPAAD, the agricultural inputs programme that supports hundreds of thousands of households each season, is amongst subsidies government plans to reduce considerably under a new recovery and transformation plan. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI looks at the ‘hit list’

The P600-plus million each year that government spends on the Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD) is set to be substantially cut going forward, as the economy is restructured towards long-term growth and resilience.

ISPAAD is the main agricultural inputs programme introduced in 2008 to support communal farmers. Each season, ISPAAD provides farmers with various inputs such as seeds, tillage services, fertilisers, herbicides and others in the interests of increasing grain production and promoting food security at household and national level.

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