Mon, 03 Oct 2016 09:25:33 +0000 FORUM for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has called on farmers across the country to diversify and focus on growing crops that could be exported without much restriction. In an interview with the Daily Nation, Ms Nawakwi noted that most farmers across the country concentrated on maize farming and that it was the most exported crop by Zambian farmers. She, however, urged farmers to diversify and try out others such as grass farming which she said could be a good foreign currency earner if exported in large quantities. Ms Nawakwi warned that farmers would starve if they waited on Government to lift the ban it has imposed on maize export. She also, however, advised farmers to grow enough maize for local consumption but that they should concentrate on other produces for export. Ms Nawakwi condemned the move by Government to ban exporting of maize, explaining that farmers […]
