Experts predict serious food security crisis ahead if Malawi doesn’t check surging fertilizer prices (Nyasa Times)

Nyasa Times published an article stating that neither reducing the scope of the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) such as eliminating seed subsidies nor circumventing the private sector to obtain fertilizers would reduce costs significantly to maintain current fertilizer subsidy levels. There is ongoing misinformation on the key drivers of the fertilizer prices surge and potential policy options for consideration by policymakers. It is hoped that the roundtable discussion organized by MwAPATA Institute and IFPRI-Malawi can explain the complicated situation and get everyone working from the same page in terms of recommendations and understanding the analyses.