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Government millions for farmers

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Zimbabwe government has made available US $16 million in soft loans to farmers as they start preparing for the new season, ‘The Herald’ reported on Thursday. Thousands of communal, small-scale and resettled farmers, including those newly resettled under the controversial commercial farm settlement programme will benefit from the fund, according to the report.

    Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Joseph Made, said the assistance would enhance the country’s production base, food security and higher productivity for sustained agricultural development. He said the current high input costs prevailing in the country have posed a serious threat to agricultural productivity particularly for the smallholder sector.

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