Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:19:31 +0000 Dear Editor, I write in response to an article titled, “Leave crop marketing to private sector, FRA told,” which appeared in the August 15, 2017 Daily Nation issue. The price of K60.00 per 50-kilogramme bag of maize is a major landmark for Food Reserve Agency’s immediate rethink and imminent exit out of the crop marketing platform to allow farmers and the private sector to interact without its interference to stabilise market prices in the country as suggested by Smallscale Farmers for Development Agency (SAFADA) director, Boyd Moobwe. It is worth mentioning that the need for a clear separation in FRA’s mandate between national food strategic reserves and national food stocks for usual domestic consumption and regional export in times of excess food stocks has been long overdue. The status of FRA has been a bone of contention for almost a quarter a century. It is the key issue on […]
