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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>THE government is in the process of putting price guidelines in place for contracted farmers which will be used by the Grain Marketing Board when it buys produce from them, a senior government official has said.<\/p>\n

Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development deputy minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos told Parliament that the move was not meant to impose prices.<\/p>\n

He was speaking during the question and answer session in the National Assembly recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not about setting price controls or anything to that effect. What we do, essentially, we announce a price for whatever is contracted to government.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, when we talk of Presidential Input Programme or National Agricultural Programme, these are related to government,\u201d Haritatos said.<\/p>\n

He said the prices were essentially the ones used by the GMB, adding that the private sector would determine whatever prices that fits it in terms of supply and demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, we feel it is right to announce pre-planting prices as well as producer prices so that at least our farmers understand before they even go into that crop.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring price guideline implementation will bring [together] all stakeholders, farmers, input suppliers and also contractors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the buyers of grain. We need to announce the prices and the hope is that consumers and the public take that as a guiding price so that our farmers can get similar prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haritatos said the government was avoiding a situation where farmers are taken advantage of.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue this although in a [somewhat] different format. We believe what we are doing is just complementing and not suppressing any form of market forces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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