Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:49:42 +0000 By Buumba Chimbulu THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has told farmers to hold on to their maize and not sell a single grain to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) until a meeting to resolve the commodity prices between the two institutions takes place. ZNFU president, Jervis Zimba, said they would soon be calling for a meeting with FRA to resolve the maize prices of K60 per 50-kilogramme bag and he had since urged farmers to hold on to their grain. “I am urging all the farmers to hold on to their maize and not to sell to FRA, we are calling for a meeting with FRA to discuss this matter and if we fail to reach a conclusion, we shall appeal to President Edgar Lungu to intervene in this matter, “It is a very serious matter which requires brains to resolve. Framers should not sell not even a […]
