Zimbabwe: Export crops to transform rural areas

Export — oriented agriculture has the scope to foster rapid rural industrialisation and expedite the attainment of Vision 2030, President Mnangagwa has said. The President said this in a speech read on his behalf by Zanu PF secretary for administration, Dr Obert Mpofu, at the official launch of the Gutu Central constituency garlic export programme yesterday. The programme, a brainchild of Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando -- who is area Member of Parliament, was started in 2018. Extensive work has been done since 2018 to ascertain the crop's adaptability in the district. President Mnangagwa also pledged the Government's support for such initiatives and called on the private sector to partake in the project. "I am very pleased to be here in Gutu Central Constituency, where there are dedicated garlic farmers who have excelled in their garlic farming endeavours," said the President. "I am inspired by the garlic farming success by the people of Gutu Central ...