By Farai D Hove |There was not a word about the missing hundreds of millions of US dollars money meant for command agriculture yesterday, as the deputy minister for Agriculture announced that his ministry wants more.

The figures were publicly disclosed during a parliamentary session last week.

“The allocation from Treasury was a good start, but we need more for us to succeed in our plans. These programmes are meant to cushion farmers from high prices being charged by suppliers,” said Deputy Minister Angelis Haritatos.

He continued saying :

“Programmes such as Command Agriculture are always a relief to farmers, but those who do not benefit still need to make their own plans. And as it stands, farmers are complaining that almost everything is expensive and might have to reduce hectarage,” he commented. His statements were published in the state media.