FOOD Reserve Agency Board Chairperson Suresh Desai has disclosed that the country has received 180,000 metric tonnes out of the 195,000 metric tonnes of maize purchased by government in Tanzania. Meanwhile, Desai says the agency will be announcing the maize floor price within the next 10 days. Speaking at a press briefing, Sunday, Desai said 15,000 metric tonnes of maize remained from the Tanzania-Zambia maize deal and denied any mismanagement of resources. “I want to clarify on something which has played around and maligned people because real information was not available. This is [about] the Tanzania maize. The maize that government has bought from Tanzania is 195,000 tonnes. This is the maize that the government purchased and then tasked the...
