In 2012/13 Zambia experienced a significant spike in maize meal prices, which coincided with three consecutive years (2010 - 2012) of record maize surpluses. This seemingly paradoxical price spike occurred in the wake of a dramatic escalation of the Government's Food Reserve Agency (FRA) interventions in the market, with the FRA purchasing approximately 80% of the ...

In 2012/13 Zambia experienced a significant spike in maize meal prices, which coincided with three consecutive years (2010 - 2012) of record maize surpluses. This seemingly paradoxical price spike occurred in the wake of a dramatic escalation of the Government's Food Reserve Agency (FRA) interventions in the market, with the FRA purchasing approximately 80% of the ...

In 2012/13 Zambia experienced a significant spike in maize meal prices, which coincided with three consecutive years (2010 - 2012) of record maize surpluses. This seemingly paradoxical price spike occurred in the wake of a dramatic escalation of the Government's Food Reserve Agency (FRA) interventions in the market, with the FRA purchasing approximately 80% of the ...

In 2012/13 Zambia experienced a significant spike in maize meal prices, which coincided with three consecutive years (2010 - 2012) of record maize surpluses. This seemingly paradoxical price spike occurred in the wake of a dramatic escalation of the Government's Food Reserve Agency (FRA) interventions in the market, with the FRA purchasing approximately 80% of the ...