‘Government failed to fund winter wheat production’

GOVERNMENT has failed to fund winter wheat production for the 2013 season, said Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union (ZCFU) president Wonder Chabikwa.

Report by Tarisai Mandizha

In an interview with NewsDay, Chabikwa said to date farmers had only planted 2 000 hectares of wheat as compared to 4 000 hectares planted in 2012.

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