Sun, 18 Feb 2018 10:13:59 +0000 By CHITE MTONGA THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) must release maize stocks for mealie-meal prices to drop, Economic Association of Zambia President Crispin Mpuka has said He said it was not only the hike in fuel prices that instigated mealie meal prices to rise but there was a shortage of maize to supply to millers at an acceptable price. Mr Mpuka said it was most likely that the mealie meal prices had risen not because of the rise in fuel prices but maize availability to millers was an issue as most farmers held on to maize to sell at higher prices. He said it was within the FRAs mandate to react to situations that bordered around the country’s food security. Mr Mpuka said FRA had granaries and issues of supply and demand were at play as stocks were low within the market. He said FRA did not control players […]
