Africa-Press – Zambia. Zambia consumed about 2.4m tons of maize in 2021/2022, this is two years ago. – For 2023/2024, consumption is expected to be even higher due to population and industrial consumption growth, but a drought has struck
About 43% to 50% of the maize fields are destroyed, this has been confirmed and a ministerial statement delivered
– Over 90% of maize production in Zambia is by local small scale farmers who are the hardest hit by drought
If the ZNS led task force comes up with 15k tons contribution, it’s a drop in the ocean to fill the gap. The question is are we serious?
If FRA has serious stocks of maize, why are queues growing bigger and bigger by the day, why is the market not being flooded with Maize?
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to know that at a macro level, Zambia needs to come up with plans to contribute serious numbers to cover the gap or deficit which is in millions of tons of maize
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