date:Jan 06, 2014
50,000 tonnes ordered from Zambia, deputy agriculture minister David Marapira told the government-controlled Herald newspaper. He was not immediately available for comment on Friday.
Marapira told the paper Zimbabwe only had 30,000 tonnes of maize in its strategic grain reserve. The country requires about 2 million tonnes annually.
The southern African state has grappled with perennial seed and fertiliser shortages, with bad weather now worsening the situation.
President Robert Mugabe, re-ele