Zimbabwe needs to bring in more than 250 000 tons of maize from Mexico to fill the shortfall caused by the severe drought. |||
Harare – Drought-hit Zimbabwe will import more than 250 000 tons of maize from Mexico to fill the shortfall caused by the severe drought sweeping through the southern Africa, the agriculture minister said on Thursday. Joseph Made said Zimbabwe would also import the staple crop from neighbours South Africa and Zambia, as well as from the Ukraine but did not give precise figures for these imports. “We anticipate anyway upwards of 250 …read more
Source: Independent Online