MINISTRY of Agriculture Department of Seed Control and Certification Institute, Principal Seed Officer Richard Chanda, has urged farmers to avoid buying seed from unregistered dealers. Speaking during an Advocacy for Diverse and Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Zambia workshop, Chanda said unregistered seed dealers were only out there to make money. “The Ministry of Agriculture is disseminating the information in all languages and we are saying farmers please ensure that you buy seed from a registered seed dealer and that one is the one we are calling genuine, a registered seed dealer is supposed to display a licence in the shop, don’t buy from the streets because you know those people on the street want to make money,” he said. “As...

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