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The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has welcomed the government's decision to lift the maize import ban, allowing those with sufficient funds to import maize to supplement local stocks and ensure regular supply for the milling industry and manufacturing of stock-feed. The association also announced the resumption of wheat imports to increase domestic stocks, following a standoff between Russia and Ukraine, the world's leading wheat producers. GMAZ also highlighted its wheat contract farming support program, which will continue this year to boost local wheat farming as demand for wheat processed products increases due to dietary preferences. The milling industry and stock feed manufacturers will continue to receive quotas of maize monthly, and the government is encouraging them to enter into contract farming for a stable supply of grain.
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Millers yesterday welcomed the lifting of maize import ban, saying it was a step in the right direction in ensuring adequate stocks as well ensuring regular supply for the milling industry and manufacturing of stock-feed. In a statement, chairman of the apex representative body of the milling industry, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ), Mr Tafadzwa Musarara, said the move by Cabinet will allow those with free funds to import and ensure regular supply for the milling industry, complementing local stocks. "The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) the apex representative body of the milling industry providing 98 percent national supply of flour and maize meal, welcomes the decision by the Cabinet to allow resumption of maize and wheat imports," he said. "These imports will compliment local stocks of maize and wheat yielded from the successful Command and Pfumvudza Agricultural programmes of 2021. We have noticed significant increase in demand of processed ...
Source: All Africa
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