THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has disclosed that it has paid 99 percent of the farmers that supplied maize to the Agency. And the National Association for Smallholder Farmers (NASFA) has urged farmers who have not yet received their payments to register with their camp officers. Recently, the Ministry of Finance and National Planning assured that the debt owed to all the farmers who supplied maize to the FRA would be cleared by January 10. In an interview, Monday, FRA Board Chairman Suresh Desai said the only farmers remaining to be paid were those in far areas, stating that the Agency was trying by all means to ensure that they are reached. “Ninety nine percent of the farmers have currently...
