Patience Muchemwa
Farmers from Chief Chipuriro’s area in Guruve yesterday became beneficiaries of the national Pfumvudza programme when the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Mashonalanda Central, Christopher Magomo, officiated at a launch ceremony at the homestead of Karambwe family.
At least 400 households received a pack of Pfumvudza inputs which comprised of a bag of basal fertiliser, a bag of top dressing fertiliser, 5 kgs maize seed, a bottle of pesticide and a spray.
Pfumvudza was adopted by Government to address the problems of low production and productivity which continued to negatively affect the food security situation in Zimbabwe.
The second major gain was to inspire the commercialisation of smallholder farming in the country, giving all rural families an income.
The low productivity experienced over the past decade has led the country to be a perennial importer of grain to meet local consumption. This increased pressure on the fiscus to commit the scarce foreign currency to grain importation which could have been channelled to other sectors of the economy.
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