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—Vubwi District Commissioner (DC), Velenasi Moyo, has urged farmers in the district not to sell all their produce to ensure they are food secure.
Ms Moyo said there was need for farmers to have sufficient food stocks to avoid hunger which is looming in other parts country.
She was speaking during the District Agricultural and Commercial Show held at Vubwi Day Basic School grounds over the weekend.
Meanwhile, Ms Moyo said farming should not be taken as a seasonal activity but rather a year-round intervention, adding that farmers needed to mitigate the effect of climate change.
Ms Moyo said government attached great importance to agricultural shows as they provided means to make an assessment of the progress in terms of agricultural productivity and food security.
“Shows also provide opportunities where farmers share experiences, and enable partners in the agricultural sector, such as agri-business companies, to interact with their clients”, she said.
The DC stated that this in turn would enable farmers to prepare adequately for the following farming season.
And Ms Moyo also advised farmers to utilize gardens to mitigate the decline of rainfall, adding that shortfalls in harvested seasonal crops would be cushioned by the produce from gardens.
The DC assured farmers that government would this year provide farming inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP).
She, however, called on farmers to adopt feasible agricultural techniques such as conservation farming, crop rotation and use of certified seed that would enhance production.
And speaking at the same function, Show Society Chairperson, Joseph Banda, commended government for the continued support in providing farming inputs to small scale farmers.
Mr Banda said this shows that government was committed to ensure that people were food-secure and have increased income through farming.
He appealed to other farmers to take agricultural shows with keen interest if they would improve ways of farming.
