{"id":95816,"date":"2024-06-26T23:52:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T21:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt"},"modified":"2024-06-27T02:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T00:02:29","slug":"46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt","title":{"rendered":"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month allocation as the country battles the effects of the El Nino-induced drought.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said there had been significant improvement in the distribution of grain throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCabinet advises that there has been significant improvement in the distribution of grain throughout the country from the previous week. As at 22 June 2024 a total of 46 494,52 metric tonnes of grain had been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month allocation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe private sector has since the commencement of the grain marketing season on 1 April 2024 imported about 168 000 Metric Tonnes of maize as well as 17 000MT of wheat giving a cumulative total of 185 00MT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo boost maize reserves, the private sector has indicated a capacity to import 1 000 000MT as part of efforts to mitigate the effect of the drought experienced during the 2023\/24 agricultural season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muswere also said the Harare City Council had formally requested the government to take over collection of solid waste management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Local Government and Public Works ministry is now working on putting in place functional systems and components to collect refuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muswere said the cotton marketing season commenced on June 6 and would end a month later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe eight registered contractors namely: Alliance Ginneries, Agri-Value Chain, Cottco, Innovation Cotton, New Cotton Company, Shawash Agri, Southern Cotton Company and the New Zimbabwe Cotton Consortium will only be allowed to buy seed Cotton once they have finished paying farmers for deliveries made in the last season and when all grade differential payments have been made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 647 common buying points across the country and the minimum seed cotton prices are: US$0,43\/kg for grade A;US$0,39\/kg for Grade B; US$0,36 for Grade C; and US$0,32 for Grade D. Payments to farmers shall be split as 75%USD and 25% ZiG.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month allocation as the country battles the effects of the El Nino-induced drought. Speaking during post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said there had been significant improvement in the distribution of grain throughout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-95816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month alloca ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month alloca ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-26T21:52:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-27T00:02:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"608\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-26T21:52:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-27T00:02:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt\",\"name\":\"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-26T21:52:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-27T00:02:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month alloca ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":608,\"caption\":\"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt - zimbabwe","description":"A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month alloca ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt","og_description":"A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month alloca ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2024-06-26T21:52:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-27T00:02:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":608,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt","datePublished":"2024-06-26T21:52:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-27T00:02:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt"},"wordCount":334,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg","keywords":["Zimbabwe"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt","name":"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-26T21:52:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-27T00:02:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A TOTAL of 46 495 metric tonnes of grain have so far been distributed, with beneficiaries receiving a three-month alloca ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/06\/sm_1719433635.530256.jpg","width":1080,"height":608,"caption":"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/46k-tonnes-of-grain-imported-so-far-to-fight-hunger-govt#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"46K tonnes of grain imported so far to fight hunger: Govt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}