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Deregulation of The Food Reserve Agency|Zambia’s Maize Floor Price

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http://www.maizemillingmachinery.com/solution/Zambia-maize-floor-price.html Agriculture provides the main support for Zambia’s rural economy, and because of this, growth in the agricultural sector is the clearest avenue through which poverty reduction can be achieved in Zambia. Sixty seven percent of the Zambian population depend on agriculture, primarily through smallholder production for their livelihoods and employment. Zambia recognizes agriculture as one of the key priority sectors in achieving sustainable economic growth and diversification away from copper mining. The Food Reserve Agency -FRA- recently made a decision to set the floor price of a 50 Kilogram bag of white maize at 60 Kwacha under the 2017 crop marketing exercise. The FRA further announced that it will restrict its grain purchase to 500,000 metric tonnes of grain as National Strategic Reserve (NSR) in line with Government policy guidelines and will no longer sell grain to millers who will be expected to buy ...

How to Get Benefits from Maize/Corn Flour in Zambia?

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As we all know  maize/corn flour milling plant  business is a big market Africa countries, like Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. Maize meal commonly known as “mealie meal”. In Zambian, maize is the most important staple crop, maize is mostly used as food, although it is also used for brewing and animal consumption. As a staple crop, most of the maize is milled and then boiled in hot water until it thickens like dough for eating. This staple food, known as nsima in Zambia, is very similar in its preparation to what is called to in Burkina Faso and ugali in Kenya and Tanzania, both serving as staple food. Zambia Maize Production to Rise by 30% by 2025 Zambia is likely to increase its maize production by more than 30% by 2025, from the current 3m t to over 4m t. This was included in a recent outlook on the maize market by the Indaba Agricultural Research Institute (IAPRI). IAPRI indicates that the projected growth in maize production in Zambia will mainly be driven by...