Government is targeting a 17,6 percent increase in wheat production from 2013 output in 2014. In his 2014 National Budget statement proposals in Parliament in December, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa also said wheat production costs were prohibitive in the country.
Minister Chinamasa said Government would work towards increasing wheat production from 24 700 tonnes in 2013 to 29 000 tonnes in 2014.
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