Mealie meal prices likely to remain stable – MAZ
• prices are likely to remain stable if economic factors such as fuel, maize, and electricity remain favorable• mealie meal prices have been stable in
Category : Agriculture
HATTAZ calls for improved cotton yields to increase industry opportunities
• Increasing cotton yields will create more opportunities in the cotton value chain.• Development of the cotton value chain has potential to create additional employment.•
Government directs ZMA to intensify compliance inspections of mealie meal
• Zambia Metrology Agency must intensify compliance inspections of mealie meal.• Stakeholders must ensure that the products are compliant with available standards.• Such initiatives should
ZNFU calls for creation of inter-ministerial committee to handle 2022-2023 FISP
• Farmers are concerned with the reported delays in finalizing the procurement processes for the 2022 FISP fertilizers.• Most small scale farmers depend on FISP
Nalumango assures of transparency in fertilizer tendering process
• ZPPA recommended tender cancellation.• This was done following irregularities that were brought out during a petition in the tendering process.• The tendering process had
ZNFU urges CCPC to guard against dumping of commodities on the economy
• ZNFU expected CCPC to take keen interest in the matter.• Dumping perpetrated by a few entities and gross distortion of commodity markets ultimately undermines
Fish farmers have not yet received funding from government – ZACOSO
• No fish farmer has been funded to date.• Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries and CEEC are still doing the evaluation.• A number of fish
ZNFU urges farmers to add value to fresh commodities
• Farmers must continue producing and spreading their produce across all markets and get into value addition.• ZNFU is deeply concerned with the dumping of
Agric Expert nods intended recruitment of extension officers
• There can be no farmer without an extension expert.• The Standard farmer to extension officer ratio has increased rapidly from to 400 farmers to
Set policies that must improve Agriculture sector performance, Govt urged
• Zambia has laid a very good foundation in many fronts in terms of its agriculture prowess.• The private sector to rise to the occasion