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Response to “Bye bye to maize imports as . . . Grain deliveries
top 1,1m tonnes” This Command Agriculture programme proved that we can do it as a country. We need to reinforce and buttress this initiative and make sure we improve. My contribution is that we could perhaps improve on yield per hectare to cut on the cost to the fiscus and in the process reduce our price to say $270 per tonne so that we do not seem to be over subsidising the farmer. We need to also take into account that money is a scarce resource and that it does not grow on trees.
Farmers themselves have to focus on cost containment so that they make profits at the set producer price of the said $270. It is possible to produce maize at a cost to the farmer that is in the region of $180 per tonne so a producer price of $270 is not unreasonable.
Yes the farmer needs support and I think if we support the initiative to increase yield per hectare and also assist the fertiliser companies produce the inputs at lower costs then we are good to go.
Seed manufacturers also need to up their game and produce seed varieties that are not only resistant to disease and drought, but also produce high yields. — Progressive Zimbabwean.
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