Despite the farming input distribution hiccups, Zambia remains food secure with the country securing over 62, 000 metric tons of maize and soya beans during the just ended marketing season only in Eastern province, sharing the border with Malawi . Despite the agency having projected to procure 1,500 metric tons of soya beans for home and regional market demands, it only managed a paltry 103,000 metric tons of the crop. He attributed the favourable response towards soya beans purchase to the revised pricing which encouraged output in the area. A total 244,922 metric tons was bought for maize at K312 million with the maize valued at 881 million. A total of K276, 000 had been spent on purchasing 322 metric tons at a value of K2 million.

Source: Standard Digital November 24, 2022 05:43 UTC