Govt’s decision to rescind FRA’s move to reduce satellite depots by half cheers Loloji

The National Union for Small Scale Farmers (NUSFAZ) says the decision by Acting Minister of Agriculture Makozo Chikote to rescind the decision by Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to reduce satellite depots by half is commendable.

FRA had reduced the number of depots from 1, 200 to 600 during this Crop Marketing Season prompting stakeholders to call for the rescinding of the decision in the interest of farmers.

And NUSFAZ Executive Director Ebony Loloji says with this latest development, farmers will not have to cover long distances to deliver their produce to various satellite depots.

Mr. Loloji has said in a telephone interview that there is need for farmers to have easy access to satellite depots so that their maize does not go to waste at the time of delivery.