MINISTRY of Agriculture Permanent Secretary for Technical Services John Mulongoti says government can only decide whether or not to allow maize exports once the results of the crop forecast survey are released. Meanwhile, the National Association for Smallholder Farmers says it expects the Food Reserve Agency to peg the price of maize during this crop marketing season at above K300. The Zambia National Farmers Union and the National Association for Smallholder Farmers recently urged government to open up maize exports, citing indications that the country would record a maize surplus. Commenting on the matter in an interview, Tuesday, Mulongoti said government could only make that decision if the crop forecast survey determined that the country had a maize surplus. “We...