News / National
Mugabe tours Gono's massive farm
28 Mar 2014 at 06:54hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday toured former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono's chicken-rearing business at New Donnington Farm in Norton.
He commended Dr Gono for the massive project underway at his, farm and narrated how he started a similar - but much smaller - project at his rural home in Zvimba a few years ago.
"I started doing some chickens at home and I thought I was doing quite a big project, some 3 000-4 000 (birds)," he said.
But President Mugabe said Dr Gono's project dwarfed his with the former central bank boss planning to grow it even larger.
Dr Gono produces both birds and eggs and the business seeks to cater for both local and foreign markets, thus netting the country hard currency.
He is also a cattle rancher of note.
Zimbabwe imported chickens from South Africa at the height of economic challenges as local producers failed to meet demand.
The cheap imports were condemned by local poultry producers as they suffocated indigenous farmers who benefited under the Government's land reform programme.
He commended Dr Gono for the massive project underway at his, farm and narrated how he started a similar - but much smaller - project at his rural home in Zvimba a few years ago.
"I started doing some chickens at home and I thought I was doing quite a big project, some 3 000-4 000 (birds)," he said.
But President Mugabe said Dr Gono's project dwarfed his with the former central bank boss planning to grow it even larger.
Dr Gono produces both birds and eggs and the business seeks to cater for both local and foreign markets, thus netting the country hard currency.
He is also a cattle rancher of note.
Zimbabwe imported chickens from South Africa at the height of economic challenges as local producers failed to meet demand.
The cheap imports were condemned by local poultry producers as they suffocated indigenous farmers who benefited under the Government's land reform programme.
Source - The Herald
