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FRA pays all farmers who supplied crops this year

By Brian Mwale The Food Reserve Agency -FRA- has paid all farmers who supplied their crops during this year’s crop marketing season that closed on October 31st. About K1.9-billion has been paid to farmers countrywide. FRA Public Relations Coordinator JOHN CHIPANDWE says a huge part of the money was paid to farmers who supplied Grade

Over K26m paid to Mafinga farmers

By Ruth Chayinda Over 26-million kwacha has been paid to farmers who have supplied maize to the Food Reserve Agency -FRA- in Mafinga district. The payments are for the 2022/2023 maize marketing season. FRA Mafinga District Assistant Marketing Officer MICHAEL DAKA says the district continues to receive maize from the farmers in the 17 depots

ZNFU happy with FRA maize buying price

By Mwila Nsofu The Zambia National Farmers Union -ZNFU-is happy with the K280 Food Reserve Agency -FRA- maize buying price per 50 kilogram bag. ZNFU President, JERVIS ZIMBA says this signals the beginning of progression towards cost reflective pricing for maize in the country. In a Statement to ZNBC News today, Mr. ZIMBA has noted

FRA TO BUY 300,000 BAGS OF MAIZE IN LUSAKA

By Kasabula Muchimba The Food Reserve Agency – FRA – targets to buy 300,000 fifty kilogram bags of maize in Lusaka Province for the 2023 crop marketing season. Meanwhile training for 80 field staff in Lusaka Province has started. Officiating at the training workshop, Lusaka District Commissioner ROSA ZULU has urged the trainees to do

Mealie meal prices can drop further – FRA

By Ruth Chayinda The Food Reserve Agency- FRA- says the price of mealie meal will slowly start reducing further as the Agency releases more maize to Millers. FRA Acting Executive Director MWANSA CHAMATETE says so far FRA has sold about 130 thousand metric tonnes of maize at a cost of 520 million kwacha to millers

60 MILLERS APPLY FOR FRA MAIZE

BY PAUL SHALALA Over 60 millers have applied for 152,000 metric tonnes of maize from the Food Reserve Agency -FRA-. The millers have applied to benefit from the 250,000 metric tonnes of maize which FRA is offloading to millers countrywide in a bit to cushion the escalating price of mealie meal. And Agriculture Minister REUBEN
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