Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:28:17 +0000 By Aaron Chiyanzo THERE is need for more investment in processing in Zambia because a bumper harvest of any crop is less meaningful without value addition, Food Reserve Agency (FRA) executive director Chola Kafwabulula has said. Mr Kafwabulula said in as much as Zambians had continued celebrating bumper harvests across the country, there was need for value addition. He explained that there was need to add value to the raw materials the country had been producing in order to reap more benefits. Mr Kafwabulula said in an interview that both the producers and the country could benefit more from local produce if they added value. He emphasised the need for more investment in processing, adding that a bumper harvest of any crop was less meaningful without value addition. Mr Kafwabulula pointed out that exporting raw materials was not as profitable as products that had been processed. “In as much […]
