The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in Western Province has described the distribution of the 2009/2010 farmers input as a successful.
Senior Agro Business and Marketing Officer Mr Peter Zulu said that the ministry was happy with the distribution of the farmer input considering the number of irregularities compared to the last farming season.
Mr. Zulu said that the ministry played its role of monitoring and ensuring that the inputs allocated to the province reaches the designated depots and targeted farmers in a timely and transparent manner.
He was speaking In an interview with the National Agricultural Information Services(NAIS) in Mongu, yesterday.
Mr Zulu said the input distribution was smooth with very few irregularities compared to t last farming season.
He further said that 82 percent of the 4700mt of fertilizer and 2350mt of seed targeted at 23500 small scale farmers in the province has been distributed hoping that by the end of this week all the input will be exhausted.
He was however quick to mention that Mongu and Lukulu districts had exhausted all their allocation.
ZANIS
Yes the government has alot to do on this because we have to improve our agricultural produce to match with the world at large