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 ...

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 - Zambia on Wednesday lifted the ban it imposed last week on the export of maize after a physical verification revealed that the southern African nation has enough stocks to last until August, ...

On arrival from France on 24 June after witnessing Zambia strike a deal to restructure $6.3bn in debt owed to governments abroad, including China, Hichilema told a thunderous crowd at the Kenneth ...

"If the current weather pattern continues maize production may drop by 30 percent. The high production areas have not had enough rain," Zambia National Farmers' Union spokesman Kingsley Kaswende said.

THE Government has commenced the maize assessment exercise throughout all provinces to determine the grain stocks currently available in the country. Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda said the ...

Malawi has to date hauled 51 000 metric tonnes (MT) of maize imported from Zambia out of 200 000MT meant to fill a food deficit gap. In a written response yesterday, National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA ...

Nearly two months after government loudly announced a lifesaving maize import deal with Zambia, confusion, silence and official finger-pointing are now fuelling serious doubts over whether the ...

With a high population experiencing food shortage across the country, the government received a boost from Zambia. This was after the country agreed to offer Kenyan farmers land for large-scale ...