Southern Africa, a major producer of maize, is having to import the product from abroad due to massive reductions in maize output.
South Africa looking at a 20% reduction in maize yields, while the Southern African region has suffered a 50% loss in staple food crops.on Tuesday, various stakeholders convened to promote democratic food governance across cities and towns in South Africa.
He also spoke of several interventions one could consider, like de-stigmatising underutilised indigenous and traditional food crops. Argentinian yellow maize is helping to curb the costs of transporting animal feed to the Western Cape. The imported grain is up to R400 per tonne cheaper than the inland product, writesThe Western Cape has a strong animal feed manufacturing and broiler industry, but no maize is produced in the region. It has to be transported from the Northern Cape or the Free State.
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