AGRICULTURE NEWS - For the first time in 20 years, the producer prices of small grains in Zimbabwe have been set higher than that of maize as a way of encouraging the growing of these crops.
This was according to a recent statement by information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, who was speaking at a media conference in Harare.
However, farmers’ unions have reacted with caution to the price review, saying that while they welcomed the move, it was only an interim measure as a new maize price would be announced after the next harvest had been completed in April.
It was expected that high inflation rates would erode the payments received by farmers.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Farmer's Weekly.
