Albino’s axe falls on farmers

Albino’s axe falls on farmers

Good afternoon. Fears are growing that Sustenta, the government’s main support programme for small-scale farmers, is to be abolished under new agriculture minister Roberto Albino. Albino declined to comment on the subject when asked about Sustenta by journalists recently, which was strange enough; moreover, he told parliament that it was not the role of the government to provide seeds or tractors to farmers. Under Sustenta, the government has be…