The Farmers Organisation Limited (FOL) has shown that Malawi will lose 100 billion in post-harvest losses in maize alone.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Agriculture have indicated that Malawi will harvest a total of 3.35 million metric tonnes of maize this year with post-harvest losses estimated at 25 percent.

FOL National Sales and Marketing Manager, Ronald Chilumpha, said that according to research findings by his firm, the country is bound to lose 840,000 metric tonnes of the projected maize production due to post-harvest losses. At the current prices, this loss translates to over K100 billion.

The Ministry of Agriculture recently set K150 per kg as the minimum price for maize this year.