PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has told farmers not to give up on waiting to sell their maize, stressing that FRA is working on modalities to begin buying maize. Meanwhile, President Hichilema has told Kanchibiya residents that government will increase the number of beneficiaries under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). Last week President Hakainde Hichilema directed FRA to announce a good maize floor price. Meanwhile, on Monday the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) said it is alive to President Hichilema’s call that it should start purchasing maize, but stressed that it will only do so when the moisture content hits 12.5 per cent. Speaking at a rally in Mpika, Tuesday, President Hichilema said government knew that farmers wanted to sell their maize,...




