THE Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) has urged the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to release maize for sale in compounds so that people can take it to local mills and get cheaper mealie meal. Speaking at a PWC Post National Budget Forum, Monday, IAPRI Executive Director Chance Kabaghe said the move would significantly help reduce the price of the commodity. “For the first time in the history of this country, it has never happened where come May, June [and] July when farmers are harvesting, we still have stubbornly high maize prices which translates to high mealie meal prices. June, July, it just normally comes down but it never did so the curve continued. I can easily foresee, colleagues, even...

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