Zambia is expected to record a bumper harvest of 4.9 million metric tonnes of maize in the 2025/2026 farming season. With the recent uplift of the ban on maize exports, traders can now move surplus grain into regional markets, with the Democratic Republic of Congo among the key destinations. The policy shift comes as the Zambian Kwacha continues to strengthen against the US Dollar trading within the range of K17 per Dollar, a gain which some experts argue that it will not translate into higher returns for small-scale exporters unless value addition becomes central to the trade strategy. Southern Africa...
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