Zambia: 'High Mealie Meal Prices Might Go On'

THE current high mealie meal prices will continue up to 2010 if the Government does not immediately introduce full subsidy on agricultural inputs, the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has said.

ZNFU president, Jervis Zimba said in Lusaka yesterday that the Government should extend the subsidy on inputs to all farmers in the country to forestall the collapse of the industry and keep maize prices within affordable limits.

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