Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:39:43 +0000
By AARON CHIYANZO
THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has welcomed Angola and DR Congo’s requests for a total of 120,000 metric tonnes of maize on account that the agency has more than enough stocks in its reserves.
Congo DR ambassador to Zambia Mayele Ebokwol Ghyor requested for 100, 000 metric tonnes of maize on behalf of his government from Agriculture minister Dora Siliya at a meeting in Lusaka yesterday.
His Angolan counterpart Balbina Malheiros Dais da Silva also requested for 20, 000 metric tonnes from the Zambian government at the same meeting.
The two diplomats explained that the maize exports were to be carried out on a government-to-government deal.
And FRA director Chola Kafwabulula said that Zambia had more than enough stocks of maize and that that the country would still be food secure after exporting to the two countries.
Mr Kafwabulula reiterated that the exports would also be a chance for the FRA to empty their sheds in readiness for the 2016 harvest.
He explained that all the agency needed was permission from Government to export to the two countries on a government-to-government deal
