Today, I toured the farm of Kunatsa Estates with with the
VP CDGN Chiwenga two days after my launch of the US$ 8,2 Billion Agriculture
and Food Systems Transformation Strategy.
I was invited by Mr Douglas
Munetsi who is also the CEO of
ZIDA .He visited my farm and challenged me that he can do better than me so
today I toured his farm to see how good
he is in Agriculture.
VP Chiwenga recommended
to me that I should visit this Estate after he had visited the farm
earlier and was impressed with what he saw in terms of production coming out of
this estate.
I toured Kunatsa Estate and bore witness to the Winter
Wheat Programme Targets, witnessed the evidence of hard work where 350 and 150
hectares of land are under wheat and barley respectively.
The business plan at the Estate, as seen by the mixed
farming model which includes cropping, dairy, beef and honey production goes a
long way in creating employment as well as empowerment opportunities for
locals.
My Government will continue to support farmers towards the
sustainable transformation of our agricultural sector.I encourage all our
farmers to utilise all the land available and recommend use of all water bodies
lying idle.
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