The People’s Newspaper
THE Ministry of Agriculture has warned farmers not to fall prey to an advert making rounds on social media that it is offering grants of up to K200, 000 to farmers as it is fake.
CANCELLATION of bids for fertiliser tenders by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is worrisome and cannot be considered as prudent expenditure, Parliament heard yesterday.
As prices of mealie meal continue to be a thorny, government has now set in motion a process of identifying farmers who have the capacity to grow early maize, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Permanent Secretary Green Mbozi has said in a letter to provincial agriculture officers.
AGRICULTURE experts are concerned with the government’s stalling and cancellation of tenders for the supply of Urea fertiliser, warning this could impact the 2023/2024 farming season.
GOVERNMENT is to lose a whooping US$7.8 million in the secret single-sourced fertilizer tender, which was secretly opened yesterday following the cancellation, reinstatement and cancellation again of a tender for the supply of Urea fertilizer for the 2023/2024 farming season.
