Some farmers in Mumbwa district are allegedly selling a 50 kg bag of maize at K30,000 instead of the K65, 000 maize floor price set by government.
Mumbwa Central Member of Parliament Brian Chituwo confirmed the development in an interview with ZANIS in Mumbwa yesterday.
Dr. Chituwo who is also Science and Technology Minister expressed sadness over the development saying agriculture is a business and farmers need to get maximum profit from their produce.
He urged farmers in his constituency to wait a little for the Food Reserve Agency in order to sell their maize at a profitable price.
Dr. Chituwo said inputs were obtained at a high cost therefore it was important for farmers to realise that selling their maize at a give away price was not good for them.
Meanwhile, Dr Chituwo said government’s decision to reduce the number of inputs given to farmers from eight to four under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) was paying dividends.
He said this year’s bumper harvest was a clear indication that once the number of beneficiaries of the FISP, the country can increase its production levels.
And Dr Chituwo has attributed the unprecedented bumper harvest the country has recorded to the good agricultural policies and political will by government.
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What do you expect from these poor farmers whose only source of survival is a yearly income from their produce? Even if they sold it to FRA, it would take ages to get their hard earned money.
They would rather sale their produce and acquire some essential domestic commodities and clothes. It’s ok
If agriculture is a business, then the post of minister of agriculture should given to a qualifiied person in a related field. This way progressful leadership will be guaranteed.
iwe Chituwo how are they going to survive if they “wait a little while”???the problem with you politicians is that when you manage to fill up your potbelly daily with dead chickens,dead crushed cow parts(a.k.a sausages,polony),parts from dead pigs(a.k.a porkchops) ,then u think every zedian can manage to do that?wen they tell you there are pipo out there living on a single US$ you laugh heh heh hoho hoh …u even scrath yo chi-ugly potbelly sayin “ho ho ho thats a nice joke”.
#4 why cant you pick another name for yo sorry miserable a.s.s?
mind u,yo flag is screaming “zambia” elyo ulechita ifya bupuba?NO one ever contradicts,upsets,rearranges or edits my name OK. or else I will unleash WillyB on you.
from my just recent tracking evidence,you are in Lusaka so in a few minutes we are closing up on you.
# 5 heh heh hah hah hoh hoh ho hoo, iyo kwena ulinkoko zoona!so u think u can touch me.u think u can stat a fight wit me.go ahead u scared littu piece of wankers s.h.i.t. iwe inkumba iwe mbushi…u think am one those docile bloggers u push around.iwe chi-kolwe
hey hey number 4,5 and 6 hold your fire.we havent even reached Jan2011 mwayamba uku shooter each other.peace gents peace.
” Dr. Chituwo said inputs were obtained at a high cost therefore it was important for farmers to realise that selling their maize at a give away price was not good for them. ”
As if they don’t know that themselvs. So where is the FRA NOW?
Number 4, 5 and 6, please take it easy, we are one zambia. Did you guys read bbc news today? talking about how Zambians we forgive and forget. It is a very good article. Check on bbc news/africa.
Coming to to Dr Chitumwa what ever you call yourself, let the farmes sell the maize, they have families to feed and kids to send to school. why should they wait for you guys to fix the prices? if they can sell and get something from they hard working?