Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:30:21 +0000 Saturday, December 8 2012 THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has predicated a reduction in maize production in the 2012 -2013 farming season due to the delayed distribution of in puts. And ZNFU president Jarvis Zimba has said that there would be a shortage of maize before the start of the next harvest season and government should be prepared to buy from farmers who grow irrigated maize. Mr. Zimba told the Daily Nation that the persistent shortage of maize and increased Mealie meal prices should be blamed on the millers for poor planning in the storage of the commodity. He said that millers should be blamed for the current shortage of mealie meal in some parts of the country because they did not buy enough maize upfront. “Initially they were supposed to buy maize for the entire year but it seems that was not done and it is not […]
