GOVERNMENT has
targeted to place 8,387 farmers in Mafinga District
on the Farmer Support Input Program (FSIP) for 2019-2020 farming
season, says Muchinga Province minister Malozo Sichone.
Mr Malozo said this in Muyombe yesterday when he officiated
at Vinkakanimba Tradition ceremony of the
Tumbaka speaking people of Muyombe.
He praised Mafinga Community for a bumper crop harvest in the last farming season that many districts were currently buying maize from it.
The Minister said seeds inputs from SEEDCO were already in the district that could help them to grow more food.
He however informed the people that gathered at Vinkakanimba ceremony that government was not going to send any relief maize to Mafinga District because it had enough maize stocks.
Mr Malozo further advise the community not to sell all their maize but should reserve some for consumption to avert hunger among their household.
He also assured the small-scale farmer in Mafinga that Government through Ministry of Agriculture would not use e-Voucher system for all 8,387 farmers in the district.
Mafinga District is one of the areas that was not affected by the drought that hit many parts of Zambia.-ZANIS
