Zimbabwe: 450 000 tonnes in strategic grain reserve

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Published Mar 18, 2024

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Zimbabwe's strategic grain reserve holds 450,000 tonnes of cereals, ensuring food security despite crop failures and reduced yields due to erratic El-Nino rains, says Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr Anxious Masuka. The government plans to boost agricultural productivity by rehabilitating irrigation schemes nationwide and using water from the Tugwi-Mukosi Dam, Zimbabwe's largest inland lake, for irrigation. This includes the revitalised irrigation scheme for Ngundu Growth Point and Shindi communal lands, benefiting 285 people, as part of a programme to protect against drought-induced food shortages.

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Source: ‘450 000 tonnes in strategic grain reserve’ | The Herald (Local News) George Maponga in CHIVI ZIMBABWE has 450 000 tonnes of cereals in the strategic grain reserve which, with imports and the next harvest, will ensure no one will starve despite crop failure and reduced yields caused by erratic rains due to El-Nino. Speaking at Banga Irrigation Scheme in Chivi South Constituency at the weekend, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr Anxious Masuka said the country has 190 000 tonnes of maize at the Grain Marketing Board and 260 000 tonnes of wheat, which is 450 000 tonnes of cereals. “According to our preliminary estimates, the majority of households around the country only have meagre food stocks that are enough to last them up until around the end of winter and the Government has plans to start food distribution to vulnerable households soon after that. “This time, the food will be distributed to all those in need and we are going to make ...

Source: Zimbabwesituation