The People’s Newspaper
MINISTER of Information and Media Cornelius Mweetwa has assured that the country is food secure and appealed to citizens to avoid panic buying of maize as the government will make available affordable grain through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA).
GOVERNMENT has said the importation of maize from other countries such as Tanzania and Uganda shall only happen after the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has mopped up all the locally produced grain in an effort to ensure that public money is left to circulate within the local economy.
AGRICULTURE Minister, Mtolo Phiri has announced that there will be no more exports of maize until the government has ascertained how much stock the country will have after the next harvest.
THE National Association of Small –Holders Farmers says the failure by Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to meet the 500, 000 metric tons maize target for this year‘s marketing season is a wakeup call for Government to enhance productivity in the agriculture sector.
THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has paid all farmers that supplied crops to the agency during the just ended crop marketing season.
THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has commenced the selling of 100, 000 metric tonnes of soya beans on the Zambian Commodity Exchange (ZAMACE) platform.
THE High Court has imprisoned Lusaka lawyer, Namwene Phiri, at the President’s pleasure for killing her two-year-old son by administering a poisonous substance.
THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has revealed that the Zambia National Service (ZNS) has been collecting white maize from its reserve depots.
GEOFFREY Bwalya Mwamba says government’s offloading of reduced price mealie meal on the market is certainly going to push private milling companies out of business and could eventually be forced to shut down.
GOVERNMENT is creating a crisis that will be difficult to manage by offloading the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) subsidized maize to the Zambia National Service (ZNS) and other selected millers at a time when the millers are still buying expensive maize from farmers, Saboi Imboela has said.
