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Government to purchase only 500, 000 metric tones of maize during this year’s crop marketing season.

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File: Peasant farmers wait for the Food Reserve Agency to buy their maize
File: Peasant farmers wait for the Food Reserve Agency to buy their maize

Government has announced that it will only buy 500,000 metric tonnes of maize during this year’s crop marketing season.

Agriculture Deputy Minister, Maxas Ng’onga said government will not extend the buying of maize once it reaches its target of 500,000 metric tonnes.

Mr. Ng’onga explained that unlike the previous years where government was forced to extend the buying of maize after reaching its target, it will stick to its target this year.

He added that every quantity of maize that will be left by government through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) should be bought by the private sector.

The Agriculture Deputy Minister said this in Kaputa district yesterday when he held a meeting with the business community and members of the Kaputa District Business Association.

He said the decision to only stick to 500,000 metric tonnes was arrived at during meetings held with the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU), the Zambia Cooperative Union and other stakeholders.

He has since urged the private sector to help government buy the excess maize from farmers.

2 COMMENTS

  1. Much as we appreiate the budgeting and projections in Zambia things dont work like that. we still have a problem some where. we cant leave our maize in the political private hands. our govt will just extend and buy all maize. Why are we failing to market our maize kanshi?

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