{"id":35268,"date":"2021-08-20T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=35268"},"modified":"2021-08-20T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:18:27","slug":"nkasi-halts-nfra-maize-purchase-to-avert-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/nkasi-halts-nfra-maize-purchase-to-avert-chaos","title":{"rendered":"Nkasi halts NFRA maize purchase to avert chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>NKASI District has temporarily stopped National Food Reserve Agency (NRFA) from purchasing maize to avert chaos since the amount offered to farmers is just a drop of water into the sea.<\/p>\n<p>The District Commissioner, Mr Peter Lijualikali Nkasi, issued the directive to NRFA as they offered to buy merely 300 tonnes which was a token compared to the district maize output.<\/p>\n<p>The DC urged that the order stick until the meeting to sort out the amount to be purchased since 300 tonnes is a child joke as could be met by a single farmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will bring confusion when the purchasing starts\u2026and we don\u2019t want that to not occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqually we have many single farmers in the district who have harvested between 2,000 (200) and 4,000 sacks (400tonnes) of maize,\u201d Mr Lijualikali said at a small town of Namanyere yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The food agency allocation of the district was too low and also for the entire Rukwa region of 2,500 tonnes of maize. \u201cThe allocation is too low as here in district [Nkasi] there is one local investor who has more than 600,000 tonnes,\u201d the DC said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, NFRA Sumbawanga Zone Manager Marwa Range said that they have planned to purchase 3,500 tonnes due financial constraints but the target is to buy 35,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purchasing exercise will be conducted at Mazwi center here in municipality, Laela and Mtowisa in Sumbawanga District Council. \u201c Also Namanyere center in Nkasi and Mwimbi in Kalambo District in Rukwa Region but Katavi Region has only one purchasing center located at Kibaoni\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The NFRA announcement last week pushed up prices of maize by three times and spews a fresh breath of good hope for farmers who were selling their produce at throw away prices. The NFRA maize purchasing season took off at the beginning of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The news pushed up retail prices of maize in Rukwa abruptly from 20,000\/- to 60,000\/- per a sack weighing 100kgs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. NKASI District has temporarily stopped National Food Reserve Agency (NRFA) from purchasing maize to avert chaos since the amount offered to farmers is just a drop of water into the sea. 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