Zimbabwe: Winter wheat farmers assured of uninterrupted power supply

Source: Winter wheat farmers assured of uninterrupted power supply –Newsday Zimbabwe THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) has invited wheat farmers to join its database so that they can be placed in production clusters and ring-fenced against electricity outages. Speaking on the sidelines of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo last week, Ama agribusiness director Jonathan Mukuruba said they wanted to ensure uninterrupted power supply for winter wheat farming. “We are inviting winter wheat farmers, whether contracted or self-financed, to approach our offices nationwide so that they benefit from the electricity ring-fencing programme,” he said. Ama is mandated with the overall regulation of production, processing and marketing of agricultural products in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Farmers Union secretary-general, Paul Zachariya, said uninterrupted power supply was a key enabler to wheat production. Speaking to the media recently, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and ...