Despite ongoing food shortages, the government of Malawi last month banned the import of unmilled maize from Kenya and Tanzania, citing concerns about the spread of maize lethal necrosis disease, or ...
Over 30 millers have shut down operations due to shortage of maize, rendering hundreds of workers jobless. Traders say the business is no longer sustainable because of the high price of maize and ...
Fifteen per cent of maize flour in the country is contaminated but the wheat is generally safe. A survey by the Ministry of Health and Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (Jkuat), ...