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Zimbabwe: Are White Ex-Zimbabwe Farmers Driving Zambia Maize Boom?
New Zimbabwe, 23 May 2016
"Mugabe's White Farmers Reap 3.3 Million Tonnes of Maize In Zambia While Zim Starves", says a report that has been shared widely over recent weeks. Read more »
Are Former Zimbabwe Farmers Driving Zambia Maize Boom?
The maize which President Robert Mugabe's government has been importing from Zambia to plug a deficit is allegedly coming from Zambia-based commercial farmers who were evicted during Zimbabwe's controversial land reform programme.
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Zimbabwe: Zambia Suspends Maize Exports to Zim
The Herald, 15 February 2016
ZAMBIA suspended maize exports to Zimbabwe last week to help build reserves in light of a looming El Nino-induced drought, local grain importers confirmed last Friday. Read more »
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Zambia: Copperbelt Maize Bran Prices Go Up
Times of Zambia, 2 May 2016
Small scale millers on the Copperbelt have increased prices of maize bran by over 100 per cent due to the increased cost of production. Read more »
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Zambia: Zambia Records Increased Maize Harvest
Times of Zambia, 7 May 2016
THE 2015/2016 crop forecasting survey has revealed that the country will record an increased maize harvest, Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has said. Read more »
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Zambia: Farmers Expects Surplus Maize Production Despite Severe Drought
RFI, 7 May 2016
Zambia expects maize production to increase this year, pushing stocks into surplus and reversing an earlier warning that it may need to import the food staple, the country's… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zambia Maize Prices Soar - Millers
The Herald, 6 January 2016
Prices of maize from Zambia have started rising after its government banned exports of the staple grain, Grain Miller Association of Zimbabwe president Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said.… Read more »
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Zambia: Zambia, DRC Agree Maize Supply Terms
Times of Zambia, 25 April 2016
ZAMBIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed on terms to supply maize to that country from Zambian private entities, in a latest bid to stop smuggling. Read more »
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Zambia: Govt Moves to Curb Food shortages
Times of Zambia, 2 April 2016
Government has with immediate effect restricted the movement of maize and maize meal to between 06:00 hours and 18:00 hours. Read more »
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Zambia: Maize Floor Price Still K75/50kg, Says Lubinda
Times of Zambia, 10 May 2016
THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has maintained the maize floor price for the 2016/2017 crop marketing season at K75 per 50 kilogramme (kg) bag, Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has… Read more »
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Zambia: Zambia Has 600, 000 Metric Tonnes of Maize Stock
Zambia Reports, 13 April 2016
The country has a total of 600, 433 metric tonnes of maize stocks to last up to August this year, according to a verification conducted by the Inter-Agency Teams constituted by the… Read more »
InFocus
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With the economic crisis worsening, the El Niño-induced drought that has left many hungry and unemployed, the government is "beginning to feel the pinch as much as the ... Read more »
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The aid comes after a failed agricultural season due to El Nino. Read more »
