Zimbabwe: Let’s be serious about producing staple food

Published 2022년 5월 18일

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The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) of Zimbabwe has declared maize, soyabeans, wheat, and barley as controlled products, requiring a permit for buying or selling. However, the government has allowed individual imports of maize meal, raising concerns about the source of the maize and the integrity of Zimbabwe's grain reserves. The article criticizes the government's disregard for food security and its failure to adequately support farmers, leading to self-reliance in staple maize. It also points out the detrimental effects of political interference in agriculture and the lack of incentives for farmers, ultimately contributing to the country's hunger and reliance on imports.

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Source: Let’s be serious about producing staple food | Newsday (News) LAST month the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) released a statement which partly read: “The GMB wishes to advise all farmers that maize, soyabeans, wheat and barley are controlled products . . . Trading in controlled products (buying or selling) without authority of the GMB is an offence. All storers, millers, stockfeeders and any other users of controlled products are required to register with the GMB before engaging in such business. . . Those found in breach of the regulations risk prosecution, forfeiture of the grains and a fine three times the selling price of the controlled product.” Fast forward to today, government has opened the floodgates for the importation by individuals of maize meal, among a long list of commodities. Knowing how porous and corrupted our border systems are, how is GMB going to distinguish the locally-grown maize from foreign maize because one thing for sure is imported grain will soon ...

Source: Zimbabwesituation