Dar es Salaam — The government, through the ministry of Agriculture, is taking several measures in an effort to stabilise maize prices which have fallen significantly in the past few months.
With bumper harvests and Covid-19-induced export restrictions - compounded by Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) in some key regional markets - maize prices in some areas of the country have dropped to levels that are below production costs.
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