By Own Correspondent| As the farming season approaches, farmers’ hopes have been plunged into despair amid revelations that the prices of agricultural inputs, particularly seeds have skyrocketed with some prices going up threefold.

According to the recommended prices from Seed-Co, the minimum price for a 25 kg bag of maize seed ranges from $250 to $365.

The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) pays farmers $390 per tonne which may make farming less viable for farmers.

A few weeks back a 10 kg pack of maize seed used to cost between $32 and $35 but is now going for $100.32.

Here are the recommended prices from Seed-Co.