Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:40:54 +0000 By Charles Musonda THE Food Reserve Agency has advised farmers to combine their maize production with soya beans growing to gain extra income. FRA Executive Director Chola Kafwabulula has since disclosed that the Agency has already bought 66,000 bags of soya beans worth K8.5 million in the just ended 2016/2017 crop marketing season. “I want to urge our farmers, those who were complaining about the price of maize that it was too low this season at K60, that we are buying soya beans at K130. “Farmers who feel that they got a raw deal may wish to do both maize and soya beans and they are assured of the market by FRA,” Mr. Kafwabulula told journalists in Chadiza. He said in the previous marketing season farmers were exploited when FRA was not on board and the price of soya beans had really dropped. “I just want to give them […]
