African Swine Fever puts pork value chain under threat
• Pig farmers should not hesitate to report to the nearest veterinary office upon noticing strange behavior on their animals.• The killing of over 500
Category : Commodities
OMCZ nods SI for third party access to TAZAMA pipeline
• Opening up Tazama to all Oil Marketing Companies Association is within the normal practice of competition.• The pipeline will now be managed by various
French solar street lighting firm expresses interest to invest in Zambia
• The project will involve the provision of solar-powered, autonomous, intelligent, and connected public lighting.• This will address the major public policy issues of access
Soya bean rust hampers projected crop production of 1 million metric tonnes
• The Association would have come close to meeting the projected production for 2023.• Eastern and Central provinces have been severely affected by soya bean
Mine Suppliers call on government to declare Sugilite, gold as strategic reserves
• Declaring certain minerals as strategic reserves will mean that they cannot be sold anyhow.• Government will be having some strategic reserves from the exchange
India’s rice export ban likely to affect Zambia
• There is a lot of Indian rice that comes into the country, both regular and basmati rice.• This may trigger higher prices on the
SAFADA advises FRA to prioritize household food security
• If the maize buying period is extended, it may create hunger in the community.• Farmers may end up selling all their grain.• Very soon
Annual inflation rate hits to double digits
• Price movements in Cereals, Fish Vegetables., Milk, and Cheese & Eggs.• Overall monthly inflation July 2023 was recorded at 0.9 percent.• Annual national average
FRA pays out over K595 million to farmers
• FRA has so far purchased a total of 146,948.50 metric tonnes as of 25th July, 2023.• This translates into 2,938,970 X 50kg bags of
China’s export controls on Gallium, germanium will not affect Africa- Analyst
• Africa is more of a net exporter to China than an importer of the raw materials.• Most of the raw materials that China is