Removal of Maize Subsidy Causes a Stir in Zambia

The government has released the reasons behind scrapping the maize subsidy.
  • Zambia:   'Subsidies Caused KR2.3 Billion Debt'

    Times of Zambia, 4 June 2013

    GOVERNMENT is indebted to four commercial banks to the tune of KR2.3 billion arising from financing maize subsidies, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Bob Sichinga has said. Read more »

Smallholder farmers from Swaziland’s eastern Lubombo District are using conservation techniques to grow crops other than maize.

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