Maize Shortage in Zambia to Negatively Affect “struggling families”: Jesuit Priest
The shortage of maize in Zambia will have a negative economic effect on members of the country’s “struggling families” who are already finding it difficult to access food, the Catholic Priest at the helm of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has said.
The Southern African nation is experiencing a maize shortage, which has affected the production of mealie meal, maize flour used to make the country’s staple food.
“The mealie-meal shortage on the market will have an economic bearing on already struggling families to access basic food,” JCTR Executive Director, Fr. Alex Muyebe, says in his April 8 statement.
Fr. Muyebe explains that the mealie meal shortage “is likely going to drive up the price of the commodity and in turn, this will increase the cost of living.”
He predicts that the increased cost of living will divert the available money meant to cover other expenses into buying food.
Source Link: https://www.aciafrica.org/news/8056/maize-shortage-in-zambia-to-negatively-affect-struggling-families-jesuit
