• Who owns a new milling plant in Zambia?
  • The National Milling Corporation, an affiliate of American agribusiness and transport conglomerate, Seaboard Corporation commissioned a new US$37.5 million milling plant in 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia, with a capacity to mill 600 metric tonnes of wheat per day, replacing its ageing mill in the City.
  • Who are the biggest grains companies in Zambia?
  • Mount Meru Millers Zambia is another grains sector giant in Zambia, with a versatile plant that processes soya beans, sunflower and cotton seed with a 250 MT per day refinery plus an expeller with a capacity of 250 MT per day installed in 2018.
  • How many grain mills are there in Zambia?
  • According to MAZ, Zambia has a total number of 78 grain milling operations: 20 large scale, 27 medium scale and 31 small scale millers located in the four provinces of Lusaka, Copperbelt, Northern Province and Central Province, processing mainly maize into local favourite mealie meal, a local delicacy.
  • Is Global Industries Limited investing in Zambia’s soya bean value chain?
  • Global Industries Limited (GIL) has also joined the investment craze in Zambia¡¯s soya bean value chain, investing US$20 million to expand its processing plant in 2018 to double its edible oil production capacity to 100,000 tonnes a day, on top of the US$14 million investment it had made in 2016 in its plant.
  • How much wheat does Zambia produce?
  • Zambia¡¯s wheat production has almost followed the trajectory of its maize production, accelerating from 2008, when the country harvested 113,000 tonnes, which eventually hit its all time high of 274,000 tonnes in 2013, before sliding to 152,000 tonnes in 2019.
  • How much maize does Zambia produce a year?
  • According to statistics from the US Department of Agriculture, from 1990 to 2008, Zambia¡¯s maize production stagnated at about 1.2 million MT per year, registering nearly two decades of loss in the race to the country¡¯s quest to become one of Africa¡¯s largest maize producers.