The Government is also focusing on marketing of cotton through designated buying points; and enhancing productivity.
Faced with falling production, the Zimbabwean Government is trying to persuade cotton farmers to stay on or those who have left to return to producing#
The Cotton Input Financing Scheme involves provision of inputs to growers on credit, covering seed, fertilisers, chemicals and cash advances for weeding, harvesting and packaging requirements.
Under the new regime, companies or merchants that do not contribute to the input supply scheme will not be allowed to participate in the buying back of such cotton.
The Government has unveiled a cotton inputs support scheme valued at $25,8 million, targeting to put 250,000 hectares under cotton production during the forthcoming season, the report said. (SH)
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