Wheat farmers are worried the current payment delays by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) may dampen the growers’ zeal to produce enough wheat to meet the national requirements, which saw a record 380 000 tonnes of the cereal being realised in the 2022 season.
A cross-section of farmers from various support schemes that include the Presidential Input Scheme (PIS), CBZ Agro-Yield, Food Crop Contractors Association (FCCA) and self-financed said GMB’s actions were most likely to cause grower apathy next season if the parastatal did not quickly act on the matter.
Small-scale farmers from…
Source: All Africa
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