Zambia's FRA is struggling to receive a bumper maize harvest fast enough. The fix isn't a bigger procurement target, it's a national grain logistics strategy that gives private traders room…
By The Zambian Economist Analyst | Lusaka | 26 August 2026 A 2023 proposal by Kampamba Shula would have smallholder farmers contribute five bags in every hundred to a regulated…
Courts shut on the petition deadline, a petition reached the Chief Justice by private email, ZIPAR found revenue behind target and copper output crept up 0.45%. The week to 26…
Clarence Chisuku says discussions have begun with Sinomine Kitumba over local jobs and community investment, while farmers at three FRA depots report shortages of empty maize bags.
The FRA opened 1,749 satellite depots on 29 July. What farmers need at the gate, why the season opened late, and the three things that will shape week one.
The FRA set the 2026 maize floor price at K347 per 50kg bag, up from K340. The 2% increase is not the story - the 58% gap to the open…
