Given Lubinda
Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda says Government is concerned with the high cost of fertilizer in the country which most farmers cannot afford.
A 25kg of fertilizer has doubled from K250 last season to K500.
Mr. Lubinda according to Qfm Radio says this high cost of fertilizer means the country should expect reduced production in the coming farming season.
He however, says government is looking at how best it can intervene to help reduce the cost of fertilizer so that as many farmers as possible can afford and thereby produce as much as they can.
Mr. Lubinda says government owes it to the farmers and to the citizens at large to ensure that the cost of fertilizer goes down.
He states that this is considering the impact farming has in reducing poverty in the country.
The Agriculture Minister has since encouraged relevant stakeholders to come up with suggestions on how best government can help reduce the cost of fert
ilizer.