FREE TILLAGE FOR DROUGHT HIT VILLAGERS

THE Government has come up with a tillage programme where
tractors will be dispatched through the District Development Fund (DDF) to till
at least one hectare per household to assist farmers whose draught power has
been affected by drought.

This c…

THE Government has come up with a tillage programme where tractors will be dispatched through the District Development Fund (DDF) to till at least one hectare per household to assist farmers whose draught power has been affected by drought. This comes amid concerns that some Agritex officers were charging villagers about $10 per 10kg bag of maize seed distributed through the Presidential