{"id":96636,"date":"2024-07-18T21:44:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/villagers-decry-sharp-increase-in-mealie-meal-price"},"modified":"2024-07-18T23:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:52:06","slug":"villagers-decry-sharp-increase-in-mealie-meal-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/villagers-decry-sharp-increase-in-mealie-meal-price","title":{"rendered":"Villagers decry sharp increase in mealie-meal price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>VILLAGERS have bemoaned the sharp increase in the price of mealie-meal saying the basic commodity is now beyond many who survive on subsistence farming.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, a 20-litre bucket (approximately about 9kg) of maize cost US$3, but with the drought, a 10kg bag of mealie meal is now costing US$5,50 at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In Hurungwe, villagers have to walk several kilometres to Mudzimu GMB depot just to buy the mealie meal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to buy a bucket of maize for US$3, which would last us for a week. Now, with prices almost doubling, we cannot afford to feed our families. The situation is dire and we don\u2019t know how we will survive if this continues,\u201d a villager Jane Matenga said.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Mudzimu said the government should come up with a mechanism to deal with future droughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government must act swiftly to provide food aid and subsidise mealie-meal prices for rural communities. We also need support to implement irrigation systems and other measures that can help us cope with future droughts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Information minister Jenfan Muswere on Tuesday said thousands of rural households were in urgent need for maize after the Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee undertook a Rural Livelihoods Assessment from May 3 to June 7, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives of the assessment were to estimate the rural population that is likely to be food insecure in the 2024\/25 consumption year, their geographic distribution and the severity of their food insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The assessment was also aimed at determining the nutrition status of the rural population and to identify development priorities for communities.<\/p>\n<p>The findings and recommendations of the report are based on a comprehensive review and analysis of the relevant primary and secondary data collected from 18 001 households and the country\u2019s 60 districts.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 60 chiefs together with their headmen and other traditional leaders were consulted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2024 Rural Livelihoods Assessment established that the total cereal requirements from the national strategic grain reserve for the period July 2024 to March 2025 would be 448 350 metric tonnes, broken down as follows: 45 750 metric tonnes per month for July to September 2024; and 51 850 metric tonnes per month for October 2024 to March 2025,\u201d Muswere announced at a post Cabinet briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe food insecure people will receive 7,5kg\/person\/month for the period July to September 2024, and 8,5kg\/person\/month from October 2024 to March 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report noted that 121 482,6 metric tonnes will be required for the school feeding programme from July 2024 to April 2025. Government will avail the requisite quantities for the school feeding programme and will prioritise payment of BEAM [Basic Education Assistance Module].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. VILLAGERS have bemoaned the sharp increase in the price of mealie-meal saying the basic commodity is now beyond many who survive on subsistence farming. Traditionally, a 20-litre bucket (approximately about 9kg) of maize cost US$3, but with the drought, a 10kg bag of mealie meal is now costing US$5,50 at Grain Marketing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":96635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,8],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-96636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"category-head-lines","10":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Villagers decry sharp increase in mealie-meal price - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VILLAGERS have bemoaned the sharp increase in the price of mealie-meal saying the basic commodity is now beyond many who ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/villagers-decry-sharp-increase-in-mealie-meal-price\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Villagers decry sharp increase in mealie-meal price\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VILLAGERS have bemoaned the sharp increase in the price of mealie-meal saying the basic commodity is now beyond many who ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/villagers-decry-sharp-increase-in-mealie-meal-price\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-18T19:44:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-18T21:52:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/07\/sm_1721326656.26745.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"530\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/villagers-decry-sharp-increase-in-mealie-meal-price\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/villagers-decry-sharp-increase-in-mealie-meal-price\",\"name\":\"Villagers decry sharp increase in mealie-meal price - 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