HH Encourages Zambia To Start Importing Yellow Maize Due Hunger In The Country

HH Encourages Zambia To Start Importing Yellow Maize Due Hunger In The Country.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, DECLARED A STATE OF NATIONAL DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ARISING FROM THE DROUGHT THAT AFFECTED THE 2023/2024 FARMING SEASON. FOLLOWING THIS DECLARATION, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE WISHES TO INFORM THE NATION THAT AUTHORITY HAS BEEN GRANTED TO IMPORT WHITE AND YELLOW NON GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE GRAIN FOR BOTH HUMAN AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2024 TO APRIL 2025. THE MINISTRY THEREFORE, WISHES TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO TAKE UP THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY BY SOURCING NON GENETICALLY MODIFIED WHITE AND YELLOW MAIZE GRAIN. FURTHERMORE, THE MINISTRY WISHES TO ADVISE THAT THE MAIZE GRAIN TO BE IMPORTED MUST CONFORM TO THE ZAMBIAN PHYTOSANITARY STANDARDS. IMPORT PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGH THE ZAMBIA ELECTRONIC SINGLE WINDOW.