Mealie meal prices will be stable – Phiri

AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Phiri says he will be shocked to see an increase in the price of mealie meal because the country has enough maize. In an interview, Phiri said it would not make sense to see an increase in mealie meal prices when the Food Reserve Agency had about a million tonnes of maize. “Prices are very interesting, you know there can be real and price changes. The issue is that with the quantities of maize available, we see stability in the price of mealie meal. We see a lot of stability, there could be some marginal stability going down but we are seeing a lot of stability. I will be shocked to see a price increase, it wouldn’t...