THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history,.
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Zimbabwe: Bitter Pill to Swallow for Zimbabwe s Sugar Farmers allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CHIREDZI,
(CAJ News) – SUGARCANE output from Zimbabwe’s outgrower farmers is projected to drop significantly this season because of expensive tillage costs and failure to secure inputs on time.
Production by the farmers in Hippo Valley, Mkwasine and Triangle Limited is projected to drop by 7,5 percent to 1,118 million tonnes of raw sugarcane.
More than 1,208 tonnes were produced last year.
Adelaide Chikunguru, the Tongaat Hulett Corporate Affairs and Communications Executive, confirmed the forecast decline.
“There are many reasons behind the drop. You can only talk to the farmers associations,” said Chikunguru.
She meanwhile added that the sugar cutting season was supposed to end on December 15 but due to the prevailing rainfall, it was now unclear when the season would end.