By AARON CHIYANZO and KETRA KALUNGA in KabweIMPORTS of potatoes and onions to stop soon owing to the rapid increase in local production of the crops, President Edgar Lungu has said.President Lungu also called for more investments in drying equipment for onions and storage facilities for the potatoes.He said the lack of adequate drying equipment and storage facilities for onions and potatoes respectively was making production of the crops drag a little.The President said this at Tara Farms in Kabwe yesterday when he undertook a fact finding mission for potatoes and onions production.He expressed happiness that Zambian farmers had embraced the diversification agenda from maize which had been the traditional crop and that production in most crops had increased exponentially.President Lungu said farmers had the capacity to satisfy the local demand, saying that imports of potatoes and onions would soon stop.“With regards to the production of irish potatoes, I am happy to announce that local […]
‘POTATOES, ONIONS IMPORTS TO STOP’
