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AlertNet: Facing threats to its own food security at a time when famine is afflicting neighbouring countries in the Horn of Africa, Tanzania this year issued an early six-month ban on non-governmental exports of grain and maize.
Extreme weather and unpredictable rainfall, believed to be associated with climate change, are affecting crops around the world, and some governments have limited trading of food in response. Last year, Russia banned wheat exports after a drought in that country.
In Tanzania,......
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Tanzania issues early ban on food exports
Posted by AlertNet: Felix Mwakyembe on September 12th, 2011
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