The Zambia National Farmers Union -ZNFU- has said that there will be no further negotiations over the price of cotton and has advised farmers to fend for themselves.
ZNFU President Jervis Zimba said that the K25 increase which ginners offered yesterday afternoon during a meeting facilitated by Vice President Guy Scott is an insult.
Mr. Zimba has told ZNBC news in a statement that the Ginners only moved their position by K25 from K 1 600 to K1 625 per kilogramme bag of cotton.
He said that it is a pity that farmers are now being used as slaves for raw materials in Zambia which he described as extremely unfortunate. Mr. Zimba said that with the negotiations having collapsed before the Republican Vice President and the Minister of Agriculture, farmers feel there is nowhere to run to resolve the price impasse.
On Friday, Dr. Scott met ginners, the Cotton Association of Zambia and the Zambia National Farmers Union to facilitate dialogue over the price of cotton BUT both parties have remained adamant.
Last year’s price was K 3 200 per kilogram.
And Vice President Guy Scott has said that government will not dictate the price of cotton but wants farmers and ginners to strike a balance.
Dr Scott was speaking to ZNBC news in an interview shortly after he met cotton farmers and ginners at Cabinet office yesterday afternoon.
This follows the continued stand off and hostility between cotton farmers and buyers over the price of cotton.
The meeting which was attended by Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda ginners and the Zambia Farmers Union, which is representing cotton farmers lasted for two hours.
There has been a stand off and hostility between cotton farmers and ginners resulting in some farmers burning their cotton over the disputed commodity.
Cotton farmers are particularly not happy with the price of cotton, which has been pegged at one thousand six hundred Kwacha.
ZNBC
A farmer might cry today but the ginners will cry big time because farmers will go for other crops.l therefore call upon the compitition commission to look into the dealings of Dunavant for curtilling the purchase of cotton in zambia
Does the price on offer cover all countries in the region i.e. SADC?
Farmers should wise up and look into other crops.
Is the buyer a monopoly? Do farmers have a choice of who to sell to? The government will need to intervene one way or another. Market forces are not working…
The president told the people in chama north that the GRZ will buy the cotton.Does this price include the GRZ
If it stays like this, the recent appreciation of the Kwacha will make it even more difficult to pay farmers a higher price since the ginners will get less K for every kilo of lint they export.Â
Do farmers still plant cotton; all that work and bulkiness (yet light) all you get is a pantry K1 625, to diversify guys…
Do farmers still plant cotton; all that hard work and bulkiness (yet light) all you get is a pantry K1 625…time to diversify guys…
Paya Farmers =PF
The PF government is putting more money in farmers pockets. Am not surprised because this is the Government for street vendors.
I have just done some calculations as follows;
Todays World Cotton Price is 65 cents (us) per pound which is $1.44 per KG.
1625 Kwacha is at todays exchange rate : 34 cents.
The Zambian Farmers are getting 34 cents (us) per Kg.
The Market Price for Cotton today is $1.44 per Kg.
Thats a difference of $1.10 per Kg.
I know that there is transport and shipping costs and that its quite expensive to move goods from Zambia, however it would appear to me that the Zambian farmers are once again getting a bad deal!
They should form there own group to sell their Cotton.
stupid idiots..what is K25..?
Paul H
I like your calculations….our farmers are certainly being played like grand pianos!!
They participated in refusing 3200 per kilo let them accept 1625 per kilo kusamvwa you where warned by chanda chiimba but chapamutu gwa you will suffer at least we still have some cash buried at liato ‘s farm it will take us a long way as you suffer
THIS GOVT IS MORE AWARE OF GOAT MEAT THAN SUCH TYPE OF FARMING.
Wowgoldeuro is an authority web pages made particularly for foreign exchange , inculding amaze precious metal, priced reasonably and you could warcraft charms. Provide the matter
To find the greatest bang for your buck it’s extremely recommended to buy your footwear through sanctioned sellers.