GOVERNMENT says it expects mealie meal prices to gradually fall as maize from small-scale farmers starts being offloaded on the market. In a statement, Monday, Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda assured that the country was food secure beyond the next harvest. “Some sections of our society have in the recent past raised concern about what they feel is a weak food security situation in the country, coupled with high mealie meal prices. I wish to assure the nation that the country is food secure beyond the next harvest. As at 12th May, 2022 when the Minister of Agriculture Hon. Reuben Mtolo Phiri, MP, announced the crop Forecast Survey results for the 2021/2022 Agriculture Season, the country had the following stocks:...

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