• Purchases will be restricted to maize already delivered to various satellite depots.
• No new deliveries will be bought by the Agency.
• Farmers should exercise patience with regards to the delivery of empty grain bags.

Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has disclosed that it will buy all the white maize delivered to its satellite depots countrywide.
Agency Public Relations Coordinator John Chipandwe told Money FM News that FRA will immediately resume the purchasing of maize but that the purchases will be restricted to maize already delivered to various satellite depots as no new deliveries will be bought by the Agency.
Mr. Chipandwe said this follows concerns from farmers that delivered their white maize to satellite depots countrywide that the Agency was not buying anymore having reached its target.
“Farmers have further expressed concerns that they may have no market for their delivered maize and that if the maize is not bought by the Agency immediately with the onset of the rains, it may pause serious challenges and crop loss,” Mr. Chipandwe said.
Mr. Chpandwe further urged farmers to exercise patience with regards to the delivery of empty grain bags as the Agency has continued delivering them as and when received from suppliers.
“It’s worth noting that FRA bags take a bit of time to manufacture as they are special bags specially meant for long term storage of grain hence the seeming delay in the deliveries of the bags to depots,” he stated.
Yesterday, Kanchibiya Member of Parliament Sunday Chanda urged President Hakainde Hichilema to intervene in the plight of thousands of small scale farmers across the country whose maize has not yet been bought by Food Reserve Agency (FRA).