AGRICULTURE Minister Mtolo Phiri has invited the private sector to join the Zambia National Service in the business of importing GMO mealie meal and then exporting it to neighbouring countries. Addressing the nation through his Facebook page, Tuesday, Phiri said there was need to protect the locally grown maize and mealie meal. “We have this situation where in the core region, we have a problem of food in most of our neighbouring countries, we do not have sufficient grain so what is happening is the border area in the North Western Province, the border area in Luapula, the border area in Muchinga and now in the Eastern Province have become a serious crossing point for our maize and our mealie...