IT is high time that farmers realised that farming is serious business and demand that their produce is sold at the proper market price for them to make a realistic return on their investments.This is the more reason why we question farmers in Muchinga Province who have allowed themelves to be hoodwinked by bogus traders and buying their maize crop at give-away prices.For why should someone who was able to sell his 50-kilogramme bag of maize accept K65 instead of K110 which was set for last year’s marketing season to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA)?We do not agree that the farmers are being forced to accept this unacceptable price because the government through the FRA has delayed to start buying their maize. According to Isoka District Co-operative Union manager Benard Sichilongo, the farmers are forced to sell cheaply because the Government through FRA has delayed to start buying the produce from them and unscrupulous buyers were […]
FARMERS MUST BE PATIENT
