GMB pays $5,5bn to wheat farmers
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has paid over $5,5 billion to wheat farmers since the beginning of the marketing season and assured farmers that they would have all received their money by the end of this month.
This comes as a number of farmers have raised concern over the delays in wheat payments.
The farmers are complaining that Government had announced a viable producer price, but the GMB was taking long to pay them.
GMB is buying utility of ordinary wheat at $43 778, 84 per tonne, while farmers with grade A will be paid a premium price of 20 percent above the utility grade up to $52 534,61 per tonne.