Tue, 04 Oct 2016 08:27:07 +0000 THE Mumbwa Cotton Ginnery (MCG) will offer farmers an option to either sell their fiber directly or ginned while retaining maximum profits through value addition, says Cotton Association of Zambia (CAZ) national coordinator Joseph Nkole. In an interview yesterday, Mr Nkole said that the MCG was the first ever Zambian owned plant that offered its association members the best deal as it allowed them to either sell their entire cotton production or have it ginned into lint while retaining by-products such as the cake for animal feed. Mr Nkole explained that unlike in the past whereby cotton farmers were offered a raw deal by some private ginneries, the MCG was an initiative that would give cotton farmers value for their labour through value addition. He said that similar concepts of opening ginneries in Lundazi, Katete, Choma and Sinazongwe were underway, adding that it would empower farmers and give them […]
