By BUUMBA CHIMBULUZAMBIAN farmers have been able to satisfy the market with potatoes and other fresh farm produce, an indication that local producers have available capacity to meet the demand, says founder BuyZed campaign, Evans Ng’oma.Mr Ng’oma said in an interview that Zambians lately had been able to satisfy the market with potatoes and other fresh farm produce such as cassava.This, he said, must be maintained as Zambia looked to diversifying into other cash crops that earned the country money through exports while uplifting socio-economic profile.“As BuyZed we are constant in advocating for the growth of farmers through capacitating and guaranteeing market as well as diversifying into cash crops,” Mr Ng’oma said.Mr Ng’oma said the economic lockdowns had broadened its belief that local was a long term home grown solution.He emphasised the need to delvemore into value addition for the country to convert the abundant raw materials into semi-finished and finished goods fit for human […]
‘Farmers able to meet local demand’
