Millions of Zimbabweans to Starve Until 2018 Elections
9 May 2016
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Millions of Zimbabweans are set to starve with the government putting in place a plan for the importing of grain for food relief from outside the country extending into the year 2018.
Maize imports from regional and international countries have begun trickling in under the government and the private sector import plan, that will see the country receive grain past the 2017 rainy season.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made, said that the number of people who require food aid continues to increase, hence a long term import plan that will last until 2017 has been put in place.
More than three million people are in need of food aid following the El Nino induced drought that hit country this season.
The government has assured local farmers who harvest and sell their crop to GMB that they will be paid cash on delivery.