Zimbabwe: Zim Farmers Starring Bleak Cropping Season Amid Soaring Fertiliser Prices

16 October 2019

Most farmers this season may not be able to go back to the ploughing fields after agricultural input prices continue to sky rocket with a 50kg bag of fertiliser now costing more than $400, up from last planting season's $30.

Fertiliser companies who gave oral evidence before parliament's lands committee on Tuesday revealed that the product uptake had gone down due to continued price increases in the country.

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