Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:10:45 +0000 THE ban on the export of maize grain remains in force until further notice and efforts have been made to avoid frustrating exports or permitted agriculture products such as maize seed, Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya told Parliament yesterday. And Ms Siliya told the House that her ministry would undertake a specific review of the Farmer Support Input Support Programme (FISP) and the mandate and operations of the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) in order to attain national food security and increased from the agriculture sector contribution to the Gross Domestic Products (GDP). Ms Siliya, who is Petauke Central Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament, said this yesterday when she issued a ministerial statement on the occasion of the World Food Day under the theme “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.” In order to attain national food security and increased agriculture’s contribution to GDP, Ms Siliya said that her […]
