— All districts in Muchinga province receive for 2014 / 15 farming season

All districts in Muchinga province receive for 2014 / 15 farming season

Chinsali,September 7, 2014,ZANIS —-  All districts in Muchinga Province have received their allocation of D- compound fertilizer for the 2014 / 15 farming season.

 

Muchinga Province Permanent Secretary Bwalya Ngándu says all the districts in the province have received the D-compound fertilizer adding that all the districts are now waiting for the arrival of Urea and seed.

 

He said that it is good to note that all the 7 districts have already received their allocations of the D-compound fertilizer in good time.

 

Dr. Ngándu has since appealed to the ware house managers and the Districts Agricultural and Cooperatives Coordinators ( DACCOs) in all the districts in the province to ensure that the received farming inputs are well secured.

 

ZANIS reports that the minister revealed this in an interview in Chinsali District, today.

 

The Provincial permanent secretary who inspected the warehouse in Chinsali where D-compound is stored said not even a single bag should go to waste or be stolen.

 

And Provincial Agricultural and Cooperatives Coordinator ( PACCO) Victor Mulopa appealed to government to quickly dispatch Urea before the onset of the rains.

 

Dr. Mulopa said Mafinga has already recorded the first rains and it is important that all the farming inputs for that district are delivered in good time before most parts of the district becomes impassable.

 

Meanwhile, over 137,000 x 50 kg bags of white maize have  so far been bought in Nakonde by the Food Reserve Agency ( FRA).

 

Nakonde District Cooperatives Union chairperson George Silwenga told ZANIS in an interview in Chinsali today that farmers in Nakonde are happy with the maize marketing exercise.

 

Mr. Silwenga also disclosed that his union has already distributed the received D-compound to all the saltelite depots in the district in readiness for distribution to the farmers.