CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has urged farmers to prioritise selling their maize to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), rather than to briefcase buyers. Mweetwa says selling maize to FRA is key to safeguarding national food security. Speaking during a press briefing, Sunday, Mweetwa said the government is concerned that many farmers are selling maize to private grain dealers before meeting the FRA’s strategic reserve targets. “We as government are concerned that quite a number of our people continue to sell maize to private grain buyers even before satisfying the requirement of FRA food docket in terms of maize and we’d like to urge all our farmers to give priority to selling maize to FRA which is the National Strategic...

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