President Rupiah Banda has praised Zambian farmers for recording another historic bumper harvest.
The President is impressed with the unprecedented three point two metric tonnes of maize, which represents a surplus of over one million tonnes.
President Banda says his government has worked hard to introduce effective agricultural policies which have contributed to steady growth and stable food prices in the country.
Mr Banda was reacting to the announcement by Agriculture Minister Dr Eustarckio Kazonga that Zambia has recorded another bumper harvest.
This is according to a statement released to ZNBC News by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere.
The President says his Government is in the process of working with the Food Reserve Agency, traders and farmers to identify the best ways to store and transport the huge harvest.
Mr Banda says his primary concern is to ensure the produce reaches the people who will most benefit from the harvest.
At the start of this year’s agricultural season, President Banda pledged increased budgetary allocation to the sector and a provision of 37 billion kwacha to build dams for irrigation and water supply to livestock.
The Economic Association of Zambia yesterday praised President Banda’s government for putting in place sound agricultural policies that have helped the country record another maize bumper harvest.
Last year Zambia produced another record bumper harvest of 2 point 8 million metric tonnes.
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rb surely you know this is what has brought you problems with pf cadres and our leader. as a government in waiting, we would rather the people of zambia have no maize, no good roads, no schools, no health centres and all those things that you erroneously consider to be development. with these things that you are doing, how the hell do you think we can challenge you for state house? so we shall continue to distract the people from your so called good works every time you mention bumper harvest etc, that is why why we brought up the citizenship issue. it is written in the bible that it is satan’s duty to mislead God’s people, to make them starve, to make them continue to drive on potholed roads. you cannot blame us for doing our religious duty can you, rb?
The Farmers in Zambia deserve every praise because they have done us proud. We can now say boldly ‘We grow enough to feed ourselves in Zambia’. What better statement can a Country make than that. The Lord has answered our prayers, and may his name be praised. It therefore comes as a huge shock for our President to inform us that to date the Govt has had NO foresight, and hence not identified the best ways to store and transport the huge harvest. This is Mid May 2011!. Gentlemen, we are not serious. We cannot mock God nor play politics with Him like this. There are always consequences. I hope at the very least the Govt (FRA) will ‘praise farmers’ by showing reverence to God for answering our prayers through these farmers, by paying them on time for once.
Buy their produce and pay these farmers quickly and handsomely not just your usual rhetoric. Peasant farmers are always victimised by brief case buyers because the govt does’nt protect them.
You want to take three months just talking without buying.Cheap campaign propaganda.
# 1 pf government
Learn to appreciate without fighting your foe = RB. Farm product will benefit the whole country and allow export of surplus to drought heat countries. I am not supporting any political part in zambia. But fedup with anything talked that turned political which has nothing to do with politics. Try to identify gvt and political parties and treat them differently.. RB spoke as a gvt leader not mmd leader. Gvt must be made up of walks of politician from different political parties to form a strong, solid and verbrating government. One party controlling the gvt = fielding weak, half baked, recircled, illiterate, etc to cover lopholes.
@4 calm down and learn to appreciate sattire.
I am not against you.. Only what you said. You are PF support. Myself I support and appreciate any good thing from any political part if that is beneficial to the nation. One Zambia One nation.