Wheat harvesting is nearing completion in Mashonaland Central province with 8 thousand hectares harvested, while the Grain Marketing Board is working flat out to ensure smooth deliveries.<\/p>\n
11 thousand hectares were planted and over 8 thousand have been harvested so far.<\/p>\n
At the Grain Marketing Board Concession depot, working hours have been extended to 12-hour shifts to ensure smooth deliveries.<\/p>\n
Wheat transporters who spoke to the ZBC News, however, spoke on the need to expedite the harvesting process.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve brought in this delivery from Barton farm in Bindura. Progress is there but back at the farm we have to queue for long as there are a few harvesters compared to lorries,\u201d said Tineyi Ali.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have come from Playday Farm in Mazowe. We are still harvesting but there is pressure due to the slow pace of harvesting as harvesters are few and we are experiencing breakdowns,\u201d lamented Robson Bokosha.<\/p>\n
GMB Concession has so far taken in 18 000 metric tonnes of wheat deliveries as farmers rush to beat the summer rains.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe is expecting to harvest 220 thousand metric tonnes of wheat which is more than double last year\u2019s output.<\/p>\n
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Wheat harvesting is nearing completion in Mashonaland Central province with 8 thousand hectares harvested, while the Grain Marketing Board is working flat out to ensure smooth deliveries. 11 thousand hectares were planted and over 8 thousand have been harvested so far. At the Grain Marketing Board Concession depot, working hours have been extended to 12-hour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":{"0":"post-29590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-wheat"},"yoast_head":"\n