Drought-stricken Zambia turns to Uganda for 0.5m tonnes of maize

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Warehouse grain in Africa with food for people during the food crisis for Ukraine war. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

Lusaka banned the exports of maize grain and flour in February, following a prolonged dry spell that has adversely impacted the production of the crop in 84 out of the country’s 116 districts

Zambia is in talks with Uganda for a possible supply of more than 500,000 metric tonnes of maize to replenish its depleted reserves that have exposed more than two million people to starvation.