Maize

According to import shipment records covering April 2024 to March 2025, Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda together accounted for approximately 99 percent of Kenya’s maize import shipments.

Agriculture Minister confirmed that the government has fully paid 846,655 farmers for the maize they sold to the FRA during the 2025 crop marketing season.

Despite solid domestic corn production in Turkey this season, low opening stocks and expanding poultry output have increased import requirements.

Declining local maize prices have put traders and the Malawi Government on a collision course as the entrepreneurs have resorted to defying an export ban in search of better prices.

Favorable La Niña weather conditions in South Africa brought normal to above-normal rainfall during the corn planting period during October to December, leading to projected production of 16 million tonnes.