THE Grain Traders Association of Zambia says the move by government to offload cheap mealie meal on the market through the Zambia National Service poses a threat to their members. In an interview, Tuesday, Association Spokesperson Yotam Mkandawire said the move threatened most of the grain traders as they were sitting on expensive maize. “To a larger extent I agree that it’s threatening our members. You see, the market is one, we all depend on a small scale farmer for that maize. And when it comes to selling, for us we depend on the commercial mill to buy from us. So if ZNS is accessing cheap maize from FRA, of course it does threaten some of our members because they...

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