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*Govt Introduces Grain Swap Facility To Encourage Production Of Small Grains* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?ke The government has urged farmers in drier regions of the country to grow small grains that are more drought-tolerant instead of maize. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Anxious Masuka, said farmers in regions 4 and 5 should not grow maize unless they are doing it under irrigation. ---------- Latest itel S24 available on Pindula: 128GB storage, 4GB RAM $119 USD WhatsApp: +263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 Buy Online: https://www.pindula.co.zw/market/itel-s24-128gb-22-20240426142756795795/?s=wanews ---------- Masuka assured farmers that they will be allowed to exchange their small grains for maize at their nearest Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot. He was speaking at the handover of plots to farmers who were displaced when Greenfuel took over the ARDA estate in Chisumbanje, on the back of a joint venture agreement around 2009. Said Masuka: > We know people like maize sadza. When we say farmers should not grow it unless their conditions permit, we are not saying they should forgo eating maize. > We have come up with a plan, in which farmers will take their sorghum to their nearest GMB (Grain Marketing Board) and for every bucket of sorghum, millet, or rapoko, they will get one bucket and a gallon of maize. He added that the government has put in place a system to ensure that the grain swaps are done at every GMB depot in the country. | The Sunday Mail _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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