Zambia disburses K31.7 million for food relief ahead of El Niño
Zambia has released K31.7 million for food relief in nine provinces as about 1.25 million people face projected acute food insecurity from October 2026 to March 2027.
Tag: Maize
Musokotwane Seeks K19.9 Billion Supplementary Budget, With K14.7 Billion to Pay FRA Maize Farmers
Government has tabled a K19.9 billion supplementary budget, with K14.7 billion to pay farmers for a record 2.7 million tonnes of maize sold to the FRA, funded mostly by K18…
The Formation Zambia Has Drawn for Growth
Read one by one, the Grow Zambia targets look like separate ambitions. Nathan Meleki argues the 10-10-5-3-3-1-1-1 formation is really a map of connected value chains, from Mkushi maize to…
Kenya Ready to Buy Zambian Maize as Baita Trading Seeks 10.8 Million Bags
Zambia can supply part of its 5.1 million tonne maize surplus to Kenya at short notice, says Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet Siazongo Siakalenge. Baita Trading wants 10.8 million bags…
FRA’s Slow Depots and Storage Shortfall Are Turning Zambia’s Bumper Harvest Into a Logistics Problem
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…
Njala Insurance: The Case for Paying Zambia’s Drought Cover in Maize, Not Kwacha
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…