IT is good that Government has secured funds to pay off farmers who supplied maize and other crops to the Food Reserve Agency during the 2021 marketing season.Farmers put in a lot of effort to prepare their fields and harvest the crops. It is only logical that at the end of the day, they are paid promptly to motivate them.The stand-off that the nation witnessed between the new dawn administration and the farmers over the delayed payments was uncalled for.The new dawn administration initially claimed that there was no money to pay the farmers who supplied maize, rice and soya beans to the FRA during the 2021 marketing season.This stand obviously did not go well with the farmers as they were being made a scapegoat for the government’s failure to source for funds to clear the debt owed to them.But after what appeared to be a long stand-off, the Ministry of Agriculture announced at the […]
FARMERS’ DEBT
