Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:58:22 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU WITH the forecasted good rains, Zambia is likely to produce another bumper maize crop in the 2017/2018 production season, the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) has predicted. According to IAPRI, this development will come after the 2016/17 agricultural season where Zambia like other countries in the Southern Africa region produced a maize surplus. The institution, however, observed that there might be a reduction in production compared to 2016/17 mainly from the net maize-sellers who may have been discouraged by the crash in maize prices in the current marketing season. In the Maize Market Outlook and Regional analysis 2017/18 prepared by IAPRI, the 2017/2018 marketing season had been very slow as market prices for maize remained low and the private sector was reported to have bought only about 350, 000 metric tonnes by the end of September 2017. “On the other hand, as of 10th November […]
