THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) should be commended for starting early to build the country’s strategic maize reserves by offering a good price to farmers.It is an open secret that the country does not have any reliable maize in reserve to talk about, hence the high cost of mealie meal in the country.To kickstart the programme, FRA has offered farmers with what it hopes is an attractive offer of K330 per 50kg bag of maize.FRA executive director Mwansa Chamatete said the agency would buy a 50- kilogramme bag of maize at K330 or K6, 600 per metric tonne from farmers.It is important that farmers are assured of a good return for their labour through attractive maize prices. An attractive price would encourage more farmers to grown maize.Thus, we find it encouraging that the price being offered by the FRA has been accepted by the Small-scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA).SAFADA Executive Director Boyd Moobwe said the […]
FRA ON RIGHT TRACK
