By SIMON MUNTEMBADESPERATE farmers in Chief Chanje’s area in Chipangali are selling their maize at giveaway prices to briefcase buyers because the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is failing to buy the crop and in some cases, not providing empty grain bags.Chief Chanje has complained that briefcase buyers have raided his chiefdom exploiting desperate farmers by buying maize at as low as K100 per 50kg bag,Chief Chanje of the Chewa people said delays by the FRA to pay farmers for maize supplied to the agency has forced some of them to sell the commodity at cheaper prices to briefcase buyers.He said in an interview that briefcase buyers were taking advantage of the situation to exploit desperate farmers who were in need of money to buy farming inputs.Chief Chanje said he had sent traditional counsellors to verify the situation who reported back that the situation was bad.“This follows the complaints from my subjects and those from Chikuwe and Mshawa Chiefdoms. I sent my indunas to verify on […]
FARMERS SELL MAIZE AT GIVEAWAY PRICES –CHIEF
