Seedco earns US$10m from exports
Seedco earns US$10m from exportsBy Katwishi Bwalya
Tuesday August 12, 2008 [04:00]
SEEDCO chairman Chance Kabaghe has said the company has realised US$10 million from the export of seeds to the southern and eastern African regions this year. Kabaghe said the export of seeds would not lead to any shortage in the country in view of the next farming season.
“We have enough stocks to cater for our farmers across the country so there is no need for our farmers to panic as a result of the exports because we have enough stocks,” he said in an interview.
Kabaghe also disclosed that SEEDCO had already started distributing seeds to farmers countrywide to avoid late delivery.
“We have started early this year because we want to avoid the late delivery of seeds to our farmers and what we have done is to open depots in our districts so that even farmers in the rural areas can have easy access to the seeds,” he said.
Kabaghe said the move was aimed at helping farmers to overcome some of their perennial challenges, consequently improving food security in the country.
“The seeds have already reached the districts so farmers can start getting them because we have opened enough depots to meet the demand of our farmers,” said Kabaghe.
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