AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Phiri says government has released money to pay farmers that supplied to the Food Reserve Agency during the second window of the crop marketing season. And Phiri has assured farmers that his ministry is closely monitoring the distribution of inputs for the 2022/23 farming season to ensure that they are delivered on time. Speaking during the 2022 farmers’ crusade, Thursday, Phiri said FRA had the capacity to pay farmers as the money was released last week. “Money was made available last week and therefore, we should not have complaints at a large scale, there could be one or two missing here and there as you are aware, but overall, money was released last week. And FRA has...

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