THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB), long a monolithic pillar of the country’s agricultural landscape, is shedding its old skin. Its planned strategic shift, transitioning the GMB from primarily a state buyer to a national warehouse and storage hub, is not merely an operational tweak, it represents a profound embrace of economic pragmatism and technological foresight….

The latest delivery figures come at a time when climate forecasts indicate a strong likelihood of El Niño developing in the coming months, heightening the risk of below-normal rainfall and drought across Southern Africa
