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LUSAKA — Zambia’s bumper maize harvest was supposed to be an opportunity to strengthen food security, support farmers and build reserves ahead of a potentially difficult 2027 season. But the…
LUSAKA, July 13, 2026 – Farmers across Zambia are growing increasingly anxious after the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) failed to announce the much-anticipated 2026 maize floor price, despite the marketing…
Tonse Alliance Spokesperson Sean Tembo says the maize floor price announced by Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is not addressing anything. Tembo says the K340 for a 50kg price for maize…
Central Province tops in Maize Production for the 2024/2025 Agricultural Season. The Province is expected to produce the highest Maize production with 680,085.50 metric tonnes, followed by Eastern with 535,743.18…
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), in North-Western Province has successfully conducted an operation in Mwinilunga District, leading to the joint charging and arrest of four (4) employees of the Food…
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has started buying non-genetically modified grade A white maize. The urgent measure, aims to reduce the impact of the drought on Zambia’s food security. The…
Farmers under Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) who will not be selling their maize to Food Reserve Agency (FRA) faces removal says Eastern Province Minister Peter Phiri. Phiri says his…
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Kasonde Mwenda says it is both mockery and an admission of leadership failure for the government, through Minister of Agriculture Mtolo Phiri, to have circulated…
In November 2022, Government sold off Maize from 2019, 2020 and 2021 to east African countries. An investigation by Muvi Tv News unearthed an operation where foreign trucks from Uganda,…
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) says it has paid all farmers that supplied their crops during this year’s crop marketing season that closed on 31st October 2023. FRA Public Relations…