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Zambia: Government threaten to re-introduce price controls for mealie meal

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mealie meal bags

GOVERNMENT has warned it will re-introduce price controls for mealie meal if millers and retailers continue exploiting Zambians. Minister of Youth and Sport Chishimba Kambwili said this in an interview in Luanshya yesterday. Mr. Kambwili has said the rising prices are of great concern. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: FRA to only buy maize from farmers for Strategic Reserves-Sichinga

maize 1Story from the Lusaka Times Website

GOVERNMENT has announced changes to the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) as well as the role that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) will now play during the 2013/2014 crop marketing season following the removal of subsidies. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: 99,000 bags of FRA rotten maize disposed of in Kalomo

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The health department in Kalomo has disposed of over 99, 000 by 50kg bags of rotten maize worth billions of Kwacha which was found unfit for either human or animal consumption in 24 satellite depots belonging to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Police recover stolen FRA vehicle in Kitwe

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Police in Kitwe have recovered a Toyota Landcruser property of the Food Reserve Agency in Kabwe that was stolen this morning in Kabwe whilst parked at the FRA Kabwe Managers residence in Highridge township of Kabwe. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Kitwe farmers threaten to get back their maize from FRA

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FARMERS in Kitwe have threatened to repossess the maize they sold to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) following the latter’s failure to pay them their dues. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: FRA officers in Mkushi escape beating from irate farmers

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Some angry farmers in Mkushi District of Central Province nearly beat up Food Reserve Agency (FRA) officers over the delay in paying them their monies. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: 50,000 bags of maize worth K3.2 billion rot

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OVER 50,000 x 50 kilogramme bags of maize worth K3.2 billion have gone to waste at the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) Nkandazovu satellite depot in Kalomo because of poor storage. And more than 200,000 bags of maize, which were bought from farmers during the last two crop marketing seasons have been marooned at the depot because of bad storage facilities and a poor road network which makes the area inaccessible. Click here for the Full Story

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