Zimbabwe: ‘Power Cuts Could Reduce Wheat Yield’

Power cuts currently being experienced in the country might reduce the expected winter wheat yield, the Department of Agricultural Research and Extension Services (Arex) has warned.

The report cited the shortage of critical inputs such as fertilizer, load shedding, erratic supply of fuel and delayed payment for grain delivered to the Grain Marketing Board as some of the factors leading to the missing of the targeted hectarage.
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