The FAO commends government for increased budget allocation on agriculture
representative Noureddin Mona has commended government for increasing the budgetary allocation to the Agricultural sector.
Mr Mona told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the move will ensure food security in the country.
He said this will result into increased out put of agricultural produce and would help in mitigating the impact of food shortages.
He said the free zones of agriculture storage facilities in the country will develop small and large scale faming.
Mr. Mona said agriculture has the potential to develop the economy of the nation if all policy is well implemented.
Government has in the 2010 National Budget allocated K100 billion to the Food Reserve Agency, FRA, for strategic food reserves and an additional K10 billion for the Food Security Pack (FSP) to mitigate the high cost of food and ensure household food security.
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