Speaking during the BCP fourth national congress in Bobonong on Sunday, Saleshando said the government has failed the agricultural sector and neglected to tackle the imminent energy shortage. "The BDP government has failed the agricultural sector to an extent that it has totally collapsed. The current food crisis and soaring prices are a clear indication of this failure," Saleshando said. He asserted that the government does not have an answer to the food crisis.
Saleshando said the proposed initiative to mitigate the effects of soaring food prices is yet another example of 'lack of cohesiveness' in BDP policies on how to revive the agricultural sector. He said at first, the government said it will buy tractors for all farmers. Then the government changed and said it will buy tractors to 100 select farmers to produce for the whole nation. There was another about turn when government said it will no longer buy tractors but instead it would plough for everybody. Salishando said the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Baledzi Gaolathe recently announced that the government is still assessing how it can help farmers.
