Temo Letlotlo roars on but uncertainty clouds the fields
Friday, February 02, 2024 | 960 Views |
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Going big: Temo Letlotlo offers support for all levels of producers, including the country’s major commercial farmers
Temo Letlotlo, which focuses on farmers’ output, has been hailed as a transformative intervention for a sector whose contribution to the national economy has hovered below five percent over the decades.
ISPAAD, the old agriculture inputs programme, ate up an average of P600 million each year during its 15-year run, but only achieved outputs averaging just 47% of the financial input by government.
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