OPINIONISTA: Food insecurity in Zimbabwe

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Food insecurity in Zimbabwe

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, instead of delivering it to the Grain Marketing Board. This leads to the scarcity of maize in the market, and will inevitably not address the government’s concerns of consumer well-being .

Regardless of where Zimbabwe’s domestic maize policy ends, the country still needs to import about a million tonnes of maize in order to fulfil its annual needs. It is not clear if this import activity has started yet, as the local authorities have not published any data. Also, it becomes clear from an observation of South Africa’s export data that this country, as a potential supplier to Zimbabwe, has not exported maize to Zimbabwe in the 2019/20 marketing year which started in May 2019.

Now that the Grain Marketing Board has been designated as a sole buyer of maize from local farmers. It is unclear if this policy will influence private businesses’ maize import activity. One organisation that might make maize purchases on behalf of Zimbabweans in the near term, is the World Food Programme. The organisation hasSouth Africa, Zambia and Mexico could be the potential suppliers of white maize to Zimbabwe. Aside from white maize, there are a number of countries that can potentially supply yellow maize to Zimbabwe, with the most likely being Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine and the United States.

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