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Agricultural output higher in 2000

    JOHANNESBURG

    Maize, cotton and tobacco production are likely to increase in the 1999/2000 (Nov-April) crop season, Zimbabwean farming officials were quoted in news reports as saying on Tuesday.

    “We are expecting an increase in production in quite a number of crops and I think farmers will realise their expectations,” commercial farmers union deputy director Jerry Grant, said. He added: “We are looking at an increase in national maize output from 1.6 million tonnes to two million tonnes from both large-scale and small-scale farmers.” Maize is Zimbabwe’s staple food.

    Last month, agriculture minister Kumbirai Kangai said that Zimbabwe needed to produce an estimated 3.1 million mt of maize per season for the next five years, to help ensure food security for the country. Agriculture is one of the largest contributors towards the gross domestic product of Zimbabwe.

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