Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:06:30 +0000 GTAZ to reap what it sowed last year Dear Editor, I think that the Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) executive director, Chambuleni Simwinga was wrong to insist that the 10 percent export duty on maize, coupled with the current low prices of the commodity, would have a huge negative impact on Zambian farmers when the 19-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) stretching from Zimbabwe to Libya has a market of over 400 million people for the grain. Better still, by each country leveraging its potential, this whole region cannot only have sufficient food stocks but also create a booming market for many Zambian value-added agricultural products (“Grain traders forecast bleak maize market”, Daily Nation, June 3, 2017). Even though the GTAZ executive director said that the laws of supply and demand had already taken effect and that the current prices on the local […]
