Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:05:27 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO and MUKOSELA KASALWE THE Government must ban the export of raw maize to maximise the foreign exchange value that comes with exporting finished products, the Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) has said. And the farners’ union has urged Government to make agriculture competitive by coming up with incentives that will translate into a lower cost of production for the local farmers while increasing duty on some imported agricultural products to level the playing field. ZUFIAW president Ackim Mweemba said Zambia had remained a mono-economy because successive governments have been turning a blind eye to sectors such as agriculture which had the potential to add to the revenue base of the country through foreign exchange earnings. “Zambia is not only a mono-economy but evidently appears not to go beyond rhetoric. For example, in the last 10 years, the country has had on several […]
