Wheat farmers have been urged not to panic over the current
power disruptions as the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural
Resettlement is working closely with the Ministry of Energy and Power
Development to ensure that the disruptions are minimised.
The country has been experiencing power disruptions during
the past few days. Zesa Holdings confirmed the limited power supply are a
result of a technical fault at Hwange Power Station.
The company said the depressed power supply situation has
also been compounded by the unavailability of normal import levels due to
constraints in the region.
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy
Minister Vangelis Haritatos assured farmers that they would be prioritised in
terms of power allocations.
“We are working very closely with our colleagues at the
Ministry of Energy and Power Development to ensure that power supply
disruptions are minimised to our wheat clusters for us to continue with our
project of a much improved season ahead of us.
“Should any farmers experience any power disruptions, we
kindly ask that they approach our Agritex officers for immediate interventions
to be made,” he said.
“As Government we agreed that we would identify wheat
clusters and do everything in our power to ensure that these wheat clusters are
guaranteed continuous power supply,” he said.
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union president Mr Shadreck
Makombe said at the moment the wheat and tobacco seedlings were still in good
condition although some areas were experiencing power cuts. Herald
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