Wed, 24 May 2017 12:11:07 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO MAIZE farmers are not graduating from the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) because of unfavourable market strategies which are negatively affecting their progression and growth, leaving millers as the only ultimate beneficiaries in the sector, the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has observed. ZNFU president Jervis Zimba told the Daily Nation that Government had failed to fully reap the intended benefits of the empowerment, progression and graduation programme for farmers because of the poor marketing strategies in place where they did not get value for their produce as they were at the mercy of the millers and grain traders. Mr. Zimba said as long as no proper marketing strategies were put in place to protect the ordinary farmer from exploitation, it might be difficult for Government to realise the full benefit of the FISP programme and will continue subsiding inputs for the same farmers every […]
