Livingstone Cooperatives Union (LCU) has indicated that Zambia’s signed deal to export 10.8 million 90 kg bags of maize to Kenya could create a wider economic benefit for small-scale farmers beyond payments they receive for maize delivered to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Speaking in an interview with Zambian Business Times-ZBT, LCU Chairperson Rwinick Mapanza said the deal could create additional market space for farmers while allowing Zambia to earn much-needed foreign exchange. “If government can clinch deals with other countries, it means it is creating space for our smallscale farmers to produce and fill that given space, and it...
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