{"id":171971,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/171971/?format=json","text_counter":269,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 2007, a total of 32.5 million bags of 90-kilogrammes, of maize were harvested in the country. In 2008, 25.2 million bags, of 90-kilogrammes, of maize were harvested. The big drop in production is attributed to a massive crop failure and high cost of farm inputs. The big drop was further enhanced by the proportion of maize destroyed during the post-election violence and which is estimated to be 3.5 million bags."}