Tanzania, Sept. 14 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has begun talks with maize farmers to secure grain for its purchasing programme.

Still, growers are rejecting its Sh450 per kilogramme buying price, saying it is too low.

The resistance comes despite private traders offering between Sh250 and Sh300 per kilogramme in producing areas.

In Kiteto and Songea, maize prices have fallen to as low as Sh32,000 per sack, while prices in Songwe, Katavi, Rukwa, Dodoma and Arusha remain below Sh45,000.

In Songwe, farmer Agnes Mwashiuya said selling a sack for Sh36,000 to Sh38,000 represented a loss, considering incurred production costs including basal fertiliser costs of Sh95,000, top-dressing fertiliser Sh80,000 a...