And interact with farmers, other stakeholders and interested parties.
25 September 2016
The funds are to be made available to small scale farmers involved in "livestock, maize, fresh produce, tobacco and sugar cane production".
Farmers began submitting applications for funding from August 2016.
Livingstone Marufu, 2016, “FBC, Agribank disburse US$20m to farmers”, Sundaymail, viewed 25 September 2016, http://www.sundaymail.co.zw/fbc-agribank-disburse-us20m-to-farmers
22 September 2016
Delta Beverages is to invest more than US$1 million for 9 780 hectares of red sorghum for the 2016/17 farming season. The company had reduced the hectarage for sorghum under contract farming to 70% in the previous farming season.
The red sorghum contract farming is in the form of inputs and guarantees the market for contracted farmers.
Staff Reporter, 2016, “Delta to increase sorghum contracts”, The Financial Gazette, viewed 22 September 2016, http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/delta-to-increase-sorghum-contracts/
18 September 2016
The Government is negotiating to increase incentives to support cotton farming with a view to increase the hectarage from 350 000 hectares to 400 000 hectares for the 2017/17 farming season.
2016, “Govt seeks to increase cotton farming support”, ZBC, viewed 20 September 2016, http://zbc.co.zw/index.php/news-categories/agriculture/70637-govt-seeks-to-increase-cotton-farming-support