LUSAKA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Erratic rainfall has delayed planting of Zambia's staple maize crop that feeds the impoverished southern African nation, raising the possibility of a poor harvest after ...

Declining local maize prices have put traders and the Malawi Government on a collision course as the entrepreneurs have resorted to defying an export ban in search of better prices. The private ...

WINTER maize production plays a vital role in boosting the country's food security and helping Zambia move towards achieving the 10 million tonnes per annum target. Over the years, Zambia has depended ...

Surging maize prices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Tanzania, and South Sudan have created a lucrative trade for people to smuggle staple food out of Zambia. For instance, 50kg of ...

Lusaka banned the exports of maize grain and flour in February, following a prolonged dry spell that has adversely impacted the production of the crop in 84 out of the country’s 116 districts Zambia ...

German pharmaceutical, biotechnology and crop science company Bayer AG has opened a new maize seed facility in Kabwe, Zambia. Bayer has invested around $35m in the new facility, which will triple its ...

A farmer walks through his field of maize close to the town of Chikuni in the south of Zambia February 21, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's current 2015/2016 maize crop is ...

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia will not export maize from its current harvest until the end of September to ensure that it has enough stocks for local consumption, state-owned ZNBC radio reported on ...

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia will triple the amount of white maize it will buy from small-scale farmers to keep them in business as they do not have a ready market for their produce, Minister of ...