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No starvation in Zimbabwe - Mnangagwa
25 Mar 2017 at 03:55hrs | Views
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is spearheading the controversial Command Agriculture project has claimed that no single Zimbabwean will starve as there would be enough food.
Mnangagwa said 'never again shall Zimbabwe import grain from other countries as projected yield from the Command Agriculture and the Presidential Input Scheme pointed to a bumper harvest'.
"The President said we want a programme where even when there is drought or adequate rains, we will not have hunger again," said Mnangagwa as quoted by Herald.
"The programme as spearheaded by the President is that from this year going forward, there will be no more hunger.
"Now we have a programme where this country will never have hunger issues again. We need 400 000 hectares of land to produce two million tonnes of grain. Of that two million tonnes, 1,5 million tonnes will be adequate to feed this nation and 500 000 tonnes will be strategic grain, that we put in strategic reserve.
Mnangagwa said 'never again shall Zimbabwe import grain from other countries as projected yield from the Command Agriculture and the Presidential Input Scheme pointed to a bumper harvest'.
"The President said we want a programme where even when there is drought or adequate rains, we will not have hunger again," said Mnangagwa as quoted by Herald.
"Now we have a programme where this country will never have hunger issues again. We need 400 000 hectares of land to produce two million tonnes of grain. Of that two million tonnes, 1,5 million tonnes will be adequate to feed this nation and 500 000 tonnes will be strategic grain, that we put in strategic reserve.
Source - Herald
