President Peter Mutharika has again put his foot down on stopping local farmers exporting maize, maintaining a two-year ban, saying the ban would be lifted only when all Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR) in the country are filled up.
Mutharika said this on Wednesday when presided over the official opening of this year's 14th National Agriculture Fair at Chichiri Trade Fair Grounds in Blantyre.
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