Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:06:11 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU SOME cooperative leaders in Lundazi are allegedly swindling farmers under the Farmers Input Support programme (FISP) and have since held on to their electronic-voucher cards. From a FISP e-voucher card whose value is K2, 000, farmers have only been receiving two bags of fertilisers from their leaders. According to Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) public relations officer, Kelvin Kaleyi, some cooperative leaders in Lundazi were allegedly redeeming inputs using farmers’ cards which they were holding on to. Mr. Kaleyi explained that briefs from ZNFU facilitators from Lundazi indicated that farmers were allegedly being swindled by some cooperative leaders. “These are briefs we get from our facilitators on the ground. What the farmers are complaining about is that from the K2, 000 they are supposed to redeem, they are only redeeming two bags of fertiliser and the aome leaders are holding on to their cards, “So the […]
