GOVERNMENT says it will closely monitor retail mealie meal prices among millers receiving maize from FRA, warning that it will restrain supply of the commodity to those found arbitrarily increasing prices. Agriculture Minister Mtolo Phiri says due to current pressure on limited stocks of maize, government has found it prudent to stop selling maize to traders through FRA, and will instead limit the supply to millers. Meanwhile, Phiri has disclosed that about 124,537.61 hectares have been affected by fall armyworms. Asked during a media briefing yesterday what government considered a stable price for mealie meal currently, Phiri pegged it at K150. “In all honesty, number one, we have not changed the price of maize, which is the major input, the...