Farmers in Zimbabwe meet national corn hectarage target
Maize (Corn)
Zimbabwe
Published Feb 6, 2023
Tridge summary
Following initial forecasts of above-average-to-normal rainfall and seeing how it actually rains, the farmer has grown his 1.9 million hectares of corn, up 40% from 1.5 million hectares last year.
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The government has launched public-private commitments to ensure it meets its projection of harvesting at least 3 million tons of maize this season from a target of 1,940,969 hectares. Professor Obert Gilli, chief director of the Agricultural Advisory and Rural Development Service (Aards), released the numbers yesterday in his weekly Summer Season Readiness Report on February 2nd. Principal Director of Advisory Services on Agriculture and Rural Development, Obert his Jiri Professor. So far, farmers have completed planting corn, tobacco, cotton and soybeans, and some are still growing short-season sugarcane, sunflowers and traditional grains. But experts have urged them to speed up the cultivation of these crops to ensurethey catch up over time. Professor Chitoshi pointed out that the plant conditions were generally good and better than last year. “The northern regions are much better than last year in terms of corn, but the southern regions are much better in terms of traditional ...
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