By GIDEON NYENDWA GOVERNMENT should announce its policy direction towards reducing the prices of fertilizer from K800 per 50 kilograms to K250, Small-scale Farmers Development agency (SAFADA) executive director, Boyd Moobwe, has said. Mr Moobwe said the prices of fertiliser are expected to rise by 50 percent by the end of this year due to the removal of subsidies on fuel and electricity. He said that there were a number of factors attributed to removal of fuel and electricity subsidies which will cause more tough time for the industries to determine fair price for agriculture inputs, equipment and supplies. Mr Moobwe said that small scale farmers would not manage to buy fertilizer and other farm inputs due to high cost of production.He said that farming in Zambia was becoming tough because of poor commodity pricing, procurement and distribution instability which would in turn cost the government huge sums money to mitigate the cost of inputs. Mr Moobwe said that the fertilizer prices and supply […]
Fertilizer policy direction needed, says SAFADA
