Sat, 10 Jun 2017 09:47:33 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU GOVERNMENT needs to enact the Agricultural Marketing Act to guide all private and public agricultural marketing activities in Zambia, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) has suggested. The IAPRI, in its recent report, said the Act would provide guidance on the involvement of Government in the maize, fertiliser, seed, crops, fish and livestock markets. The institution believed this would bring the most needed policy transparency and predictability that would enhance the development of sustainable market for smallholder farmers. “The country needs to enact the Agricultural Marketing Act to guide all private and public agricultural marketing activities in Zambia. “In the mixed policy environment, the Government co-exists with the private sector as an unfairly large competitor, and this hinders the development of the agricultural sector,” reads the report. IAPRI urged Government to avoid policies that crowded out private sector participation, and should instead seek to facilitate market […]
