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Tanzania’s agriculture minister tells WFP to either comply with maize price or shut down centres

Agriculture minister Hussein Bashe speaks to a farmer at Mgazini Maize Trading Centre in Peramiho, Songea on Wednesday. PHOTO |EDWIN MJWAHUZI

By  Louis Kolumbia

What you need to know:

  • Mr Bashe emphasized that WFP agents buying maize below Sh500 per kilo were violating the terms of an agreement made with the government.

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