Open Society Foundation, Executive Director Sunday Chanda says the increase in prices of mealie meal has negatively impacted on poor households in the country.
Mr. Chanda said government should focus on finding lasting solutions to the problem saying despite the announcement by government that a 25Kg bag of breakfast should not cost more than K65 and K45 for a roller meal was still too expensive to be afforded by many poor families.
He said in a press statement that government through the Ministry of Agriculture should put in place long term strategies to the problem by reforming its agriculture policies of focussing more on small and medium agriculture producers.
Mr. Chanda said further said government needs to practise the expansion of agriculture production through agriculture mechanisation which is the application of mechanical technology to enhance of productivity of human labour such as acquisition and use of tractors by arable farmers.
He said this intervention can help the country attain food security hence helping in cautioning on the increase on mealie-meal prices in the country.
ZANIS
Sunday Chanda my man making sense. I am loving his stance. All the best in the new year my comrade
Govt should reduce mealie meal prices as soon as possible. Twalafwa ku nsala. We are suffering with these increases please ba Government. We cannot manage 3 meals a day.
Iam a zambian working in congo drc and am surprise here in drc mealie meal prices are stable,but there in zambia prices are going high every day and all mealie meal are coming from zambia.please ban smuggling of mealie meal because you letting my people suffer,please GRZ do something.