THE Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) is dismayed with the premature sale of maize by small-scale farmers at low prices.ZNFU president Jervis Zimba, said the organisation was aware that farmers could be desperate for money, which was why predatory briefcase buyers were exploiting them.In a statement released in Lusaka, Mr Zimba urged small-scale farmers to hold onto the grain until the marketing season starts.He said that briefcase maize buyers were defrauding farmers out of their grain by offering them poor prices for as low as K50 and K70 for a 50kg bag of maize.Mr Zimba noted that the 2020/2021 farming season was just a few months away and farmers would find it difficult to buy fertiliser at K500 per 50 kilogramme bag if they offloaded their produce now at low prices.“We are calling upon the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) to be proactive and alive to this situation, and immediately move in and arrest the […]
ZNFU counsels farmers
