Zimbabwe: Horticultural Plan to Benefit 1,8m Households

The National Development Strategy (NDS1) will help in the revival of horticultural production with a focus on exports as well as improved household nutrition. The strategy will be implemented under the Zimbabwe Horticulture Recovery and Growth Plan which is targeted at reconfiguring the horticulture industry driven by the private-sector, but paired with a transformative rural sub-sector under the Presidential Horticulture Scheme to benefit 1,8 million households. During the strategy period, focus will be on nutrition, income generation and rural agro-industry development. The planners want to create a critical mass for local industrial beneficiation of both indigenous and exotic vegetables and fruits. Since horticulture requires capital investment, the strategy will improve security of land tenure systems for horticulture producers to attract investment and contract farming, Legal frameworks specific to the horticultural sector will be established to curb side-marketing of produce ...