Tue, 18 Apr 2017 05:57:46 +0000 A By AARON CHIYANZO ZAMBIA is importing US$42 million worth of agriculture produce while local farmers are missing out on opportunities that their foreign counterparts are taking advantage of, the Small Scale Farmers for Development Agency (SAFADA) Director Boyd Moobwe has observed. Mr Moobwe said that Zambian farmers were capable of supplying the quantity and quality of fruits and vegetables that were being imported in the country. He said that Government should create an enabling market environment that would allow local farmers to supply their produces to major chain stores that rely on imports from foreign farmers. Mr Moobwe was reacting to a latest BBC report that indicated that the Zambia market was flooded with imported vegetables worth over US$ 42 million. He told the Daily Nation that the US$ 42 million of imported vegetables was a lost opportunity for Zambian farmers as they would have been the ones […]
Imported fruits, vegies deprive local farmer revenue-SAFAD
