Fri, 12 May 2017 12:45:40 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO BANKS should take the risk of lending to small scale farmers to enable them increase their productivity and enhance crop diversification, Minister of Agriculture Dora Siliya has charged. Ms Siliya said that Zambian farmers had the potential to expand their production but they lacked the necessary support. She reiterated that Government was doing its best in supporting farmers and that the private sector should follow suit. Ms Siliya said during a special interview program on ZNBC that banks should take a risk on farmers and provide them with enough financial support which could enable them to increase productivity. She pointed out that small scale farmers needed financial support to procure modern farming equipment, for irrigation and buy other necessary utilities. “We have to take a chance on that small farmer out there who has the potential of becoming a commercial farmer tomorrow. Ninety percent of our […]
