Fertilizer subsidies knock down extension services (The Times)

The Times (Malawi) published an article on fertilizer and extension services. At the heart of all that Malawi desires to achieve in agriculture are extension and advisory services. Extension services in Malawi are suffering badly under the weight of fertilizer subsidy largesse. One study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) found that between 2007 and 2012, Malawi spent 52 percent of the agricultural budget on fertilizer subsidies, but only one percent went to extension services in that period.