Smallholder farmers disadvantaged in the food security fight

THE Community Technology Development Organisation (CTDO) has bemoaned the exclusion of smallerholder farmers in the seed development sector which it said presented a disadvantage to the attainment of food security.

Speaking to NewsDay on the sidelines of the workshop held in Harare yesterday to promote an enabling environment for farmers’ seed systems, CTDO executive director Andrew Mushita said integration of smallholder farmers was important in boosting food security.

Mushita said the seed regulatory framework in Zimbabwe had gaps that needed to be strategically covered.

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