By BENNIE MUNDANDO and MUYANI SHINJABALEGOVERNMENT must not give Food Reserve Agency (FRA) maize to any miller who is not part of the tripartite agreement, failure to which we will pull out of the deal because some millers are becoming manipulative, the Zambia Farmers Union (ZNFU) has warned. The tripartite agreement involves Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ), Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) and the FRA. Speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday, ZNFU president Jervis Zimba said calls to FRA to give maize to millers on the Copperbelt under the pretext that there was a commodity shortage were irresponsible and baseless and that the union has had enough of such tricks. “The tripartite agreement works in such a way that millers must buy maize from the farmers before getting the commodity from FRA. Right now, there is no shortage of maize because we have produced over 135, 000 metric tonnes under the early maize programme. […]
Farmers warn Govt
