Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:35:37 +0000 The Government has been urged to declare a force majeure and stop the exportation of maize before the country suffers a more critical shortage following the exportation of maize harvested in the last three seasons which recorded bumper harvests. The country is facing serious crisis because most maize has been exported to neighbouring countries at cheap prices and the situation has forced a sharp increase in the price of mealie meal. Most of the maize in the FRA shed has already been sold. And UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has said that the failure by the government to address the nation on the shortage of maize and subsequent increase of mealie meal prices was posing a risk to food security. Meanwhile the ZNFU has warned Zambians to brace themselves for higher mealie meal prices. Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives told the Daily Nation that the country had […]
