Tue, 30 May 2017 10:59:34 +0000 ‘Don’t be cheated by briefcase maize traders-chief By SIMON MUNTEMBA DO NOT sell your maize to briefcase buyers who have started trekking in the chiefdom, warns Chief Chikanta of Kalomo district in Southern Province. The traditional leader has cautioned his subjects against selling their maize to unscrupulous buyers, but to be patient and sell their maize at the appropriate floor price. Chief Chikanta implored farmers in his chiefdom and across the country not to be misled by briefcase buyers that offer other commodities in exchange for maize. In an interview, the chief said some commodities do not match the value of maize they exchange with. “Most farmers are selling to anyone who approaches them for business because they do not know Government’s planned floor price,” he said. He added that the large majority of farmers especially in rural areas were deceived to sell their maize in exchange for clothes, […]
