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Govt bans maize imports
Harriet Chikandiwa ·
THE Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) has suspended, with immediate effects all imports of maize and maize meal products after the country recorded a bumper harvest this year.
In a statement, AMA chief executive officer Clever Isaya directed all millers to buy maize directly from the Grain Marketing Board.
“The Agricultural Marketing Authority wishes to advise all grain millers and grain traders that all maize and maize meal imports are suspended with immediate effect, until further notice,” read the statement.
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