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Egg Prices Tumble

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:37 administrator
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Egg farmers have complained of a flooded local market and are wondering as to why the market uptake has drastically reduced. The week has also seen egg prices nose-diving. A ZNFU check at Kasumbalesa border, found an increased influx of egg producers (poultry farmers) and traders ferrying the commodity through the border into DRC.Traders talked confirmed an increased supply of eggs, a development they said has led to reduced prices for the commodity. The price for one tray at the border renowned for highest egg prices has dropped to an average low of KR20/tray. The low price has been attributed to an increase in poultry farmers supplying smaller eggs at a cheaper price of as low as K15/tray at one of Zambia’s busiest boarder post.

 

Govt Reverses Maize Export Ban

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 11:00 administrator
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Government has reversed the decision to ban the export of maize and maize products. This followed wide consultations between Government and other stakeholders, both locally and internationally, in order to ensure that existing contractual obligations between the Zambian government, other governments and players in the market, such as commercial entities are met. The following are some of the issues taken into account:
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ZNFU Women Farmers Leadership Skills Training Takes Off

Monday, 08 April 2013 13:47 administrator
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The planned Women Farmers leadership trainings have taken off in six District Farmers Association (DFAs) in Central A and Central B Regions. Participants to the workshop included representatives from all the six DFA Executive Committee Leaders, Commodity Associations and women and youth farmers. Over 110 women and men attended the participatory training sessions. The trainings are meant to equip farmers with skills for personal development, mind-set shift as well as leadership skills so as to help them be able to see and embrace opportunities and deal with challenges as they come their way.
The farmers have expressed gratitude to the ZNFU for availing such an opportunity to them. Speaking during the training, Mr. Joseph Kangwa, the Chairman for Mpika DFA, thanked Ambassador Sheila Siwela, the facilitator, for helping equip and motivate the farmers and requested the ZNFU to organise more of such trainings even for the other ZNFU leadership levels, as this information would transform most of the DFAs into being strategic, focused and progressive.The trainings will next week extend to Petauke, Chipata and Lundazi in Eastern Province.
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NUPAAW Launch Farm Bloc HIV/AIDS Work Place Program

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 11:11 administrator
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The National Union of Plantation, Agriculture and Allied Workers (NUPAAW) in collaboration with Support to the HIV/AIDS Response in Zambia (SHARe II) launched the farm bloc work place HIV/AIDS program, after conducting a three days peer education workshop. The workshop which took place from 8th to 10th April 2013,was attended by 20 farm employees from different farms in the Mkushi farm bloc. Speaking during the official launch, NUPAAW General Secretary, Mr. Godwin Mungala thanked farmers in the bloc for attaching great importance to worker health by allowing them to attend the workshop. He also stated that NUPAAW has decided to promote HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation programmes to respond to specific challenges posed by the diseases among workers.
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Loading Fees And Mineral Levy Stopped

Monday, 08 April 2013 13:42 administrator
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After numerous concerns from farmers and other stakeholders over the collection of loading fees and mineral levy, which inflated the cost of doing business, Mkushi municipalities recently stopped the collection of the levies from the general public. The local authority has taken into consideration concerns raised among other reasons for stopping the exercise. Meanwhile, reliable sources from the district administration have intimated that government has centralised the responsibility of collecting mineral levies and will give a fair share to the local councils. Late last year the local authority introduced loading fees and mineral levy ranging between KR15 and KR40 for loads between 3 tons to 26 tons in Mkushi district.
 
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