By Ketty Nyoni THE cost of maize, a staple food in the country, has increased from US$5 a 20kg bucket to a high of US$12 due to the El-Nino-induced drought. This also comes as livestock farmers are destocking their herds resulting in prices of cattle going down in some areas by almost 50 percent. According…

Maize production is targeted to increase from about 635 000 tonnes for the last summer season to 2,7 million metric tonnes.
