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Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter
Beneficiaries of CBZ Agro-yield (Command Agriculture) have been urged to speed up maize deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board for recovery purposes to create a revolving fund and ensure early preparations for the 2021/22 summer cropping season.
This year, the support under the CBZ Agro-yield funded Command Programme in the form of wheat seed, fertilisers, chemicals and fuel.
Farmers contracted under CBZ Agro-yield will be taken on board for the next summer cropping season programme soon after delivering their grain.
CBZ Agro Yield managing director, Mr Walter Chigodora said they want to ensure early distribution of inputs for the summer cropping season to farmers.
“We are encouraging farmers to speed up delivery of the maize to GMB so that we create a revolving fund so that going forward we will not have funding challenges.
“Those delivering to the GMB will be taken on board for the next summer cropping season. So far we have already signed contracts with inputs suppliers. We want to ensure early distribution of inputs to farmers. timing is important in agriculture,” he said.
Mr Chigodora said the concept will be applied to all seasons. When farmers deliver produce to the GMB they will be taken on board for the next season.
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