By BENNIE MUNDANDOWE have betrayed commercial farmers’ trust over early maize production and we should not blame them next time if they boycott, Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) president Wright Musoma has said.Last week, the Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) claimed that there was no maize on the market for individual millers to continue producing mealie meal.However, the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) reacted angrily to the statement describing it as shocking as Zambia had plenty of maize from commercial farmers after they were asked by Government to venture into early maize production to cushion the looming deficit.ZNFU accused both the millers and Food Reserve Agency (FRA) of playing delaying tactics and refusing to buy the maize as provided for in the tripartite agreement to which they ascribed to because they wanted to continue getting cheap maize from the agency once harvesting started.The ZNFU said it was utterly shameful that MAZ could resort to peddling lies […]
MAZ carpeted over ‘maize shortage lies’
