Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:53:27 +0000 Cotton yield low By MAILESI BANDA EVEN with a ginning capacity of 400,000 metric tonnes of cotton annually, Zambia has continued to produce about 275,000 metric tonnes because farmers do not regard agriculture as a business. Cotton Board of Zambia executive director Dafulin Kaonga said it was important that farmers regarded farming as a business that could sustain their lives. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Kaonga said, there was potential for growth in the cotton industry, adding that there was need for more farmers to bridge the gap of the deficit. Mr. Kaonga noted that diversification from the production of maize to other cash crops would give the farmers financial security. “We advise that farmers grow a food crop as well as a cash crop looking at the fluctuations in the prices of different crops that will be able to give the farmer financial stability,” […]
