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CHAPTER 1
IN THE 1983/1984 SEASON THE POSITION
WAS SO CRITICAL THAT A SCHEME
WAS INTRODUCED IN TERMS OF WHICH
YELLOWMAIZE WAS MIXED WITH WHITE
MAIZE TO OFFSET THE SHORTAGE
OF WHITE MAIZE IN THE COUNTRY.
THE SCHEME WAS CONTINUED IN
THE NEXT SEASON. FROM 1 APRIL
1984 THE MIX RATIO COMPRISED
75% YELLOWMAIZE AND 25%WHITE
MAIZE. BECAUSE OF A DECREASE IN
THE EXPECTED CONSUMPTION OF
WHITE-MAIZE PRODUCTS AND THE
FACT THAT MORE WHITE MAIZE WAS
DELIVERED BY PRODUCERS THAN
THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE, THE WHITE
MAIZE SUPPLY IMPROVED SO MUCH
DURING THE SEASON THAT THE
MIXING REGULATIONS COULD BE
RELAXED. FROM 1 JANUARY 1985 THE
PERCENTAGE OF WHITE MAIZE IN THE
MIXTURE WAS INCREASED FROM 25%
TO 40%, AND FROM 11 MARCH 1985
THE PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF
PURE WHITE MAIZE AND WHITE-MAIZE
PRODUCTS WAS REVOKED COMPLETELY.
The Department of Trade and Industry
elicited a lot of criticism by protecting
agriculture-related industries at the
expense of producers.
Even then producers suffered as a result of
rising input costs.