Jonathan Moyo insists that Command Agriculture was a flop- full statement

Somebody should tell these evil command fellows that the whole deal is a contract governed in terms of contract law. Lastly, I hope by making me the lead story of VP Mnangagwa’s field day visit in Mt Darwin, the Sunday Mail and its handlers are not imagining they can hide the sobering facts about Command Agriculture that were presented in public by Martin Dinha, including that the expected average yield of Command Agriculture in Mashonaland Central is two tonnes per hectare, far less than the targeted five tonnes.

Too many farmers did not get all the required inputs and when they got any, it was not on time or the inputs were not sufficient as per the contract. Consequently, the targets were not met as shown by the attached and self-explanatory summary of the state of Command Agriculture in Mashonaland Central Province present. at VP Mnangagwa’s field day in Mt Delwin on 24 March 2017.

The expected national maize harvest from Command Agriculture is projected, not assessed, at between 600,000 and 750,000 tonnes. Otherwise yes, this is a very promising maize season and the expected bumper harvest will come more from the Presidential Input Scheme, self-financing and other contract farming schemes than from Command Agriculture, this time round. By Prof JN Moyo. 2613/17

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