MINISTRY of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Green Mbozi says farmers are sceptical about engaging in early maize production because of how such exercises were managed in the past. Last month, Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) president Jervis Zimba said the union was conducting a survey to see how many farmers would be interested in engaging in early maize production. In an interview, Thursday, Mbozi said government hoped that it could demonstrate that the engagement was serious and that government meant well. “The issue really is not about how many, the concept has been accepted. That number changes every day because we are still engaging. So, the actual details of how many farmers, we are still discussing, we have not really finalised...