Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:50:43 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU AGRICULTURE Minister Dora Siliya yesterday told Parliament that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has started preparations for the 2017/2018 crop marketing season. And Ms Siliya has assured that the FRA has enough storage space for the 500,000 metric tonnes that it intends to purchase. She said the FRA had 865,000 metric tonnes of secure storage. The Minister said this in a ministerial statement on the marketing arrangements for the FRA for the 2017/18 marketing season. Ms Siliya indicated that the carryover stocks accounted for 230,000 metric tonnes of the total capacity. She said government had since allowed the FRA to export some of the carryover maize to create more space. “I encourage the private traders to actively participate in maize marketing and fill up the void that FRA leave in some areas,” she said. Ms Siliya also disclosed that in due course, the FRA would announce […]
