Maize
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No prices set for Zambia maize
Failure by a government instituted committee to come up with a price at which Admarc should sell maize sourced from…
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Malawi searching for maize in TZ, Zambia
Malawi has turned to neighbouring Tanzania and Zambia to purchase 70 000 metric tonnes (MT) and 30 000MT of maize…
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NFRA calls for maize supply
The National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) is calling on companies and individuals who have local maize from 2013/2014 harvesting season…
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Malawi’s food security improves—report
Malawi’s food security situation has generally improved due to this year’s harvest, which has resulted in lower prices for the…
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Fisp Crisis: Most parts yet to start receiving the inputs
There is growing anxiety that the 2014/2015 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) will be a repeat of previous programmes that…
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Ad hoc import, export bans costly—Comesa report
Maize price volatility is significantly higher in countries that actively intervene in their maize markets than it is in countries…
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Malawi seeks to cut post-harvest losses
The local agriculture industry says the country is still grappling with major post-harvest agriculture management challenges which are robbing the…
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Maize prices fall below projection
Average national maize prices fell by about seven percent lower than projected and 11 percent lower than May prices in…
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Grain Traders Association calls for export ban review
The Grain Traders and Processors Association of Malawi has called upon government to review its policies on export, saying adhoc…
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JB challenges order on maize
Malawi President Joyce Banda has asked the High Court to dismiss an injunction that effectively stopped her from distributing maize…
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Strategic grain reserves empty
Malawi’s Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR) are almost completely been drawn down calling for government to replenish the stocks through local…
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Funwe seeds for high yields
Farmers in Lilongwe have been advised to use maize hybrids which are bred locally at Chitedze Research Station because they…
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AHCX sees general supply drop of rice
Auction Holdings Commodities Exchange (AHCX)—a structured market for buyers and sellers of agricultural produce—said there is a general supply drop…
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Positive outlook pushes down maize prices
Maize prices eased by about 14 percent in February compared to the month before largely due to a positive crop…
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JB rebuffs MHRC on maize
President Joyce Banda yesterday vowed to continue distributing maize to people despite concerns by human rights watchdogs, including the taxpayer-funded…
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JB contradicts Mkwezalamba
Malawi President Joyce Banda yesterday contradicted her Minister of Finance Maxwell Mkwezalamba on use of proceeds from the sale of…
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