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‘Donor Agencies Are Killing Business, By Feeding Starving Villagers’-Zimbabwe’s Millers Association

Posted on October 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe says donor agencies bringing food into the country to starving villagers are killing their businesses as customers are noticeably no longer buying indeginous products thus pushing the local food industry towards decimation. Chairperson of the association, Tafadzwa Musarara said this to NewZimbabwe.com at the side lines of the launch of humanitarian assistance programs to provide immediate support to people facing food insecurity by USAID and UK DFID last week. Musarara…

‘1.5 Million Zimbabweans At Risk Of Hunger’-VP Mphoko Says No One Will Die Of Hunger?

Posted on August 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

ZIMBABWEANS won’t die of hunger, vice president Phelekezela Mphoko has been quoted as saying. This is despite reports this week that at least 1.5 million people were at risk of going hungry after a drop in maize production. Mphoko said the country’s smallholder farmers had the potential to feed the nation, the state media reported Friday. The vice president said this after touring agricultural stands at the on-going Harare agricultural show. “I’ve seen that farmers have a…