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Govt aiding winter wheat farmers
07 May 2016 at 10:48hrs | Views
The government of Zimbabwe has said it is aiding the winter wheat farmers considering the country currently faces food shortages due to law rainfalls that fell in the past rainy season.
This was said by minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development cropping Davis Marapira in parliament.
"Our plans regarding wheat farming for A1 farmers are; we are giving them assistance and we expect that in respect of summer maize, they will go back to plough winter wheat after harvesting. The same applies to A1 and commercials farmers in Chiredzi which is in the hot region; we expect that those with fields will plough winter maize," he said.
This was said by minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development cropping Davis Marapira in parliament.
"Our plans regarding wheat farming for A1 farmers are; we are giving them assistance and we expect that in respect of summer maize, they will go back to plough winter wheat after harvesting. The same applies to A1 and commercials farmers in Chiredzi which is in the hot region; we expect that those with fields will plough winter maize," he said.
Source - Byo24News
