National Union for Small-Scale farmers of Zambia President Frank Kayula has welcomed the move taken by the Zambia Cooperative Federation to buy 200,000 metric tons of maize from farmers across the country, this marketing season.
Dr. Kayula said his institution is happy because the small scale farmers will get a good price from the players that will be competing for the same product.He told ZANIS that it was delighting to note that Zambia Cooperative Federation, Food Reserve Agency and other private players will flood the market to buy maize grain at a projected good price.Dr. Kayula emphasized that all players that will buy maize from farmers this year should ensure that they pay farmers in good time to enable them plan for the next farming season.
He suggested that a credit system should be developed in order for farmers to get what they want owing to the delay caused by the cash system of payment.
“We are very happy that there will be a lot of market players in the next maize marketing season. We anticipate a good price which may go up to K110 which will benefit the farmers.” He stressed.
Meanwhile, Patulani Banda a small holder farmer in Chipata District of Eastern Province told ZANIS in an interview today that the intentions of ZCF are well intended as they will offer small scale farmers a diverse market. Mr Banda pointed out that the players in the purchase exercise will be competing for the commodity, hence offering better prices.
He disclosed that when a lot of players buy maize, it will gradually see the reduction in the price of mealie meal and uplift the living standards of people.
Last week, the Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) announced that it will, during this maize marketing season purchase 200,000 metric tons of maize from farmers across the country.ZCF Director General James Chirwa cited Central, Northern, North-western and Eastern Provinces as among the areas where the commodity will be purchased from.
Picture this….
PF and lungu went and borrowed $250 million for solar hammer mills……. there was much pomp and sontaring by LT PF rats at how lungu is working and meal prices will reduce …….
only to discover those hammer mills only produce 5 bags of meal on a good day of sunshine.
To lungu and PFs amaizment , they are finding that those 5 bags produced are not even enough to pay the operator after costs of transport and packaging….resulting in those things just sitting idile
Now reports say the solar panels are being stripped by PF caders …..
@Spaka, I pictured.
About Solar thing we told them it’s a transpent SCAM. Those plastic harmer Mills are worth $250 thousands not millions.
It is annoying to remind us how foooolish these PF are.
Questions must be asked …
How much do the Chinese companies and manufactures pay as sales commission, to facilitate a sale ???
Who was paid this sales commission for the $250 million solar hammer mills purchase ????
When questions are asked like the above on all major projects in Zambia , one will find answers as to how lungu and his gang have become some of the richest in Africa …..
So because this is a positive article, Spaka and Nostra, who are either LT writers there to stir up drama for clicks on this site, or UPND stooges write nonsense before logical people arrive. The PF cadres here do the exact same. Normal people cannot comment good about their country before the UPND and PD vampires arrives to drain all the good blood in an article.
Just say what you want to say……are we in North Korea ???
Have you no mind of your own ??
Dude these people you’re praising are failing to pay people on time. The educated are being forced to plead for their salaries, it embarrassing even the farmers are better off selling their maize to responsible people than these drunks we have in power