Zimbabwe's government launches ambitious rural horticulture plan

Government has launched an ambitious plan to revolutionarise rural agriculture which could see remote areas of the country being transformed into exotic fruit production hubs. Under the plan, each family will receive 10 saplings of apple, granadilla, pecan nuts, apple, guava, mango, lemon, avocado pears and macadamia trees. Addressing a post cabinet media briefing Tuesday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Cabinet considered and approved the Report on the State of Preparedness for the 2021-2022 Agricultural Season as presented by the Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga as Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutrition, which outlined the plan. She agricultural extension workers have already been geared for the implementation of the plan whose main aim is to to sustainably increase crop production and productivity to meet and surpass the national requirements for both human consumption and industrial use. "The nation is advised that ...