Livingstone District Cooperative Union Chairperson Rwinnick Mapanza has called on small scale farmers not to worry about the postponement of the maize buying by the Food Reserve Agency -FRA.
Reacting to the FRAs postponement of maize buying due to high moisture content, Mr. Mapanza has told ZNBC News in Livingstone that the agency is a buyer like many others on the market and farmers have a choice either to sell to the agency or other buyers.
He says what is important is for farmers to utilize bargaining skills to have a better price for their maize produce as they do with other crop produce on the market.
Mr. Mapanza has also noted that government needs to put in place a policy that will help guide farmers in maize marketing so that they know the price they will sell the maize at before they even decide to cultivate.