Fri, 17 Mar 2017 07:15:51 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO IT IS nonsensical and an insult to Zambian farmers for chain stores to claim that they will fail to satisfy the local market after Government banned the importation of vegetables because whatever they are importing can be produced in large quantities in Zambia, the Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has charged. And ZNFU has praised Government for suspending the importation of vegetables, saying the move was long overdue and that it will enhance productivity among local farmers and help in the diversification of the agriculture sector. ZNFU president Jervis Zimba told the Daily Nation yesterday that the claim by some chain stores that the agriculture sector in Zambia could not meet the country’s demand for vegetables was illogical, unfounded and an insult to Zambian farmers. Mr. Zimba said Zambian farmers had always been disadvantaged by chain stores which were insisting on importing agricultural products from […]
