Let’s walk the talk on grain reserves

GOVERNMENT tells us that it is planning to double the country’s strategic grain reserves from 750 000 tonnes to 1,5 million tonnes to cushion citizens from hunger in the event that harvests fail.

In a Crop and Livestock Assessment Report, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development minister Anxious Masuka said: “The government reviewed the physical strategic grain reserve in 2022 from 750 000 tonnes to 1,5 million tonnes. To achieve this, surplus annual production and excess annual consumption must be planned over the next three seasons.”

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