Government to Distribute Planting Vouchers to Vulnerable Farmers
08 November 2011
Each Zimbabwean farmer considered to be vulnerable will receive 10 kilograms
of maize seed, one 50-kilogram bag of compound D and one 50 kilogram bag of
ammonium nitrate fertilizer
Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington
The Zimbabwean government says it is printing more than one million vouchers
to be distributed to farmers through offices of the Agricultural, Technical
and Extension Services to provide access to vulnerable growers to Grain
Marketing Board planting inputs.
Agritex Principal Director Joseph Gondo said the vouchers, with special
security features, should be available for distribution by his office by the
end of the week.
Under the US$45 million agricultural inputs subsidy scheme, each farmer
considered to be vulnerable is to receive 10 kilograms of maize seed, one
50-kilogram bag of compound D and one 50 kilogram bag of ammonium nitrate
fertilizer.
Agronomist Thomas Nherera told VOA reporter Jonga Kandemiiri that this is a
welcome move as the small farmers being targeted produce most of the
country’s staple maize.
08 November 2011
Each Zimbabwean farmer considered to be vulnerable will receive 10 kilograms
of maize seed, one 50-kilogram bag of compound D and one 50 kilogram bag of
ammonium nitrate fertilizer
Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington
The Zimbabwean government says it is printing more than one million vouchers
to be distributed to farmers through offices of the Agricultural, Technical
and Extension Services to provide access to vulnerable growers to Grain
Marketing Board planting inputs.
Agritex Principal Director Joseph Gondo said the vouchers, with special
security features, should be available for distribution by his office by the
end of the week.
Under the US$45 million agricultural inputs subsidy scheme, each farmer
considered to be vulnerable is to receive 10 kilograms of maize seed, one
50-kilogram bag of compound D and one 50 kilogram bag of ammonium nitrate
fertilizer.
Agronomist Thomas Nherera told VOA reporter Jonga Kandemiiri that this is a
welcome move as the small farmers being targeted produce most of the
country’s staple maize.