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Mealie Meal Prices to Drop
Vice President Guy Scott says government expects mealie meal prices to go down as the maize surplus the country has recorded enters the market.
Dr Scott told Parliament that the high mealie meal prices in most parts of the country can be attributed to last year’s mealie meal shortages.
He adds that the price of mealie meal has been fluctuating from 2008.
Dr Scott notes that following the maize surplus recorded in 2011, the price of mealie dropped in 2012 as result of the surplus getting onto the market.
The Vice President adds that according to figures Chipata and Chinsali districts appear to have the highest price of mealie meal, while most parts of the country have prices lower than K80,00.
The country has recorded a maize surplus production estimated at 3.9 million metric tons in 2014.
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on October 3, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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knew it
October 3, 2014 at 10:41 pm
God catch u today, i only pity d people dat are worshipin in d evil church of con-man of the Century tb jesus wafipumbu
I knew dat phyukin, prophet ain’t a real one!
Kenny G
October 5, 2014 at 10:18 pm
Iwe, Knew it on,u mean tb Joshua or what? Put yr point straight so dat we get contribution.
Kenny G
October 5, 2014 at 10:22 pm
Ba knew it on,do nt put yr God into test!
Sensimilla means "No seeds" that's all.
October 4, 2014 at 4:14 pm
God is perfect, man is not. Man made alcohol, God made Ganja:-)
AM
October 5, 2014 at 9:57 pm
Mr Scott please spare us this political talk. When you start making such announcements for a PhD holder please check validity of your claims. How many times have we had bumper harvests in this country and how many times have meali meal prices dropped? Zero!. There are so many cost inputs which a bumper cannot not mitigate. Listen to farmers (since you have chosen to be a politician) fuel and electricity are the key cost drivers, reduce these and mealie meal prices will change, very very simple. Please stop politicising and address the facts.
Exchange rate pushes costs of spares up and this cannot be offset by a bumper harvets which we won’t even be able to collect (if it is there) because very, very shortly we will start blaiming the FRA staff for leeting maize stock get socked with the early rains. Year in yera out same pathetic story. Mark my words price of maize meal will not come down. Reason, we are not looking at the real cost drivers, period.