Wed, 03 May 2017 10:43:43 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU OVER 335,000 smallholder farmers have purchased farming inputs from firms that invested in extensive distribution networks for products to rural areas between 2012 and 2016. According to Musika, the smallholder farmers had purchased inputs from 28 of its client firms that had invested in extensive distribution networks for products to rural communities between 2012 and 2016. Musika Development Initiative Zambia public relations manager, Pamela Hamasaka, said a total of 2,131 agro-dealers, agents and sales representatives were developed to increase smallholder access to seed, fertiliser, agrochemicals and farm equipment during the period under review. Ms Hamasaka said Musika also assisted farmers with technical information necessary to encourage adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies in order to maximize the benefit of their usage. She was speaking in an interview at the just-ended Agritech Expo held at Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust (GART) in Chisamba from April 27 to 29 […]
