Zimbabwe: Wheat Farmers to Get Harvesting Assistance

8 November 2017

Government says it is committed to assisting winter wheat farmers with combine harvesters to speed up winter harvesting at a time when farmers are beginning to panic as the rainy season fast sets in. Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Cde Webster Shamu on Monday said although wheat farmers had a fruitful season, their harvest was being threatened by lack of adequate combined harvesters.

"As a province, we had a fruitful wheat season, only that combined harvesters are a challenge. As Government, we have intervened so that new ones are secured. However, those farmers with broken down combined harvesters should approach Government so that it fixes them to ensure they harvest their wheat before it rains."

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