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(HERALD) Farmers process own crops

Farmers process own crops
Chinhoyi Bureau

SMALL-SCALE farmers in Makonde are processing their crops into finished products such as cooking oil. This has enabled the farmers to increase profit margins after securing loans from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s fund to develop small to medium enterprises. The farmers are making soap, cooking oil and processing cotton to make threads and fabrics. Production is being done at a plant in Lions Den along the Harare-Chirundu Road.

Speaking during a tour of the processing plant, Makonde Member of the House of Assembly Cde Leo Mugabe commended the central bank for assisting the farmers. "Farmers in my constituency have benefited a lot from the small and medium-scale enterprises support from Government through the Reserve Bank. "This has resulted in most of them managing to sustain their families with cheaper basic commodities such as cooking oil and soap," said Cde Mugabe.

He said the products are being sold in Zvimba, Kadoma, Chegutu and Hurungwe.

Labels: FARMERS, SMEs, THE HERALD, ZIMBABWE

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