Zimbabwe: The agriculture sector has already hit the initial 2025 target of US$8,2 billion a year
Zimbabwe
Published Nov 11, 2021
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The agriculture sector has already hit the initial 2025 target of US$8,2 billion a year as the industry grew by 36,2 percent to US$8,19 billion in 2021, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka said on Monday, but will continue growing byanother 10 percent next year. Minister Masuka confirmed on his Facebook post on Monday that the growth of the industry, which was projected to have been achieved over five years was attained in one year.
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"Last week I re-commissioned the Kadoma Cottco delinter where I noted that the Agriculture and Food Systems Strategy, a strong component of the National Development Strategy 1, envisioned the attainment of a US$8,2 billion agricultural industry by 2025. "We have achieved this in just one year. The agricultural industry has grown by a stellar 36.2 percent to US$8,19billion in 2021. We plan to grow by a further 10 percent in 2022. "This record growth in agriculture is partially responsible for Zimbabwe's record-breaking annual growth of 7,8 percent predicted for 2021, the highest in Africa in 2021," he said. The Agriculture and Food Systems Strategy was launched in 2020 as an integral part of the national development agenda being driven by President Mnangagwa. The strategy is underpinned by growing the economy, ensuring Zimbabwe grows its own food and ensuring that a vast swathe of rural families moves from poverty to growing affluence with the production rises spread right across ...
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