Zimbabwe to ramp up wheat production

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THE government plans to shift from maize production to wheat this winter to cut the country’s huge import bill and ensure self-sufficiency in the commodity.
The move — which comes in the wake of an anticipated bumper maize harvest this season — would likely ease wheat shortages and cut down on bread prices.
“With a good harvest for maize, we need now to move to the next crop, wheat. We are planning for self-sufficiency in wheat in the next two seasons.
“This winter we want to produce 300 000 metric tonnes of wheat out of the 360 000 tonnes that we consume.