SOUTH FARMERS CRY FOR FERTILIZER PRICE REDUCTIONSMALL scale farmers in South- ern province have call on the UPND government to quickly implement its campaign prom- ise of reducing the price of farming inputs before the onset of the rain season to boost pro- duction.Among the campaign prom- ises that won the UPND the just ended elections was that it would reduce the cost of farm- ing and improve production in the agriculture sector aimed at assuring food security at house- hold and national level.The Republican President Hakainde Hichilema then in op-position leading up to the 12 Au- gust 2021 elections, in a message to his supporters, pledged that when his party formed govern-ment in August this year, they would lower the price of a 50kg bag of fertilizer to K250 from about K700.The farmers spoken to by the Daily Nation said while it was too early to expect the new gov- ernment to provide immediate […]
SOUTH FARMERS CRY FOR FERTILIZER PRICE REDUCTION
