{"id":81341,"date":"2023-07-31T11:02:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-plans-to-export-surplus-maize"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:34:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:34:06","slug":"zimbabwe-plans-to-export-surplus-maize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-plans-to-export-surplus-maize","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Plans To Export “Surplus” Maize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe is set to begin maize exports after the country\u2019s agricultural sector posted two successive record harvests resulting in a surplus.<\/p>\n

In 2020\u201321, Zimbabwe recorded a maize harvest of 2.8 million tonnes, and the 2021\u201322 figure was 2.2 million tonnes.<\/p>\n

Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka revealed that the country could start to export maize to countries such as DRC. He said:<\/p>\n

We have received a request from the Democratic Republic of Congo for exports of maize and, cumulatively, we have received requests for 350 000 metric tonnes.<\/p>\n

However, humanitarian organisations say proper stock assessments to feed citizens should be done and warned that millions of Zimbabweans could need food aid.<\/p>\n

Mcedisi Ndlovu, a communal farmer from Hwange District in Matabeleland North Province told Daily Maverick that, despite reports of a bumper harvest and grain surplus, most families did not harvest enough maize to feed their families. He said:<\/p>\n

We are perennially a dry region and for the government to suggest that it wants to export maize without providing us with enough grain is very mischievous.<\/p>\n

We do not have enough maize stocks to feed our children until the next harvesting season in April next year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, aid agencies such as the UN World Food Programme (WFP) say millions of Zimbabweans might need food aid before the next harvest.<\/p>\n

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