Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:06:30 +0000 By CHIKUMBI KATEBE GOVERNMENT must revise upwards the price of maize and soya beans to protect the already impoverished smallscale farmers from bankruptcy, says Caritas Zambia livelihood & climate change adaptation programme officer Musamba Mubanga. Ms Mubanga said Caritas was concerned with the recently announced Food Reserve Agency (FRA) floated price of K60 per 50-kg bag for the 2017/2017 crop marketing season against last year’s K85 per bag. She explained that the price would not benefit smallscale farmers in any way as it would drown them in huge losses from which recovery would be difficult. “Buying grain from poor smallscale farmers at a low price when we know the price of production is exploitative and any person who care about the plight of the poor farmers ought to speak up. “Caritas Zambia is concerned over the low maize price floated at K60/50kg bag this year. Compared to last year, […]
