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The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has condemned the misuse of inputs under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa and National Enhanced Agricultural Productivity Scheme (NEAPS), calling for stricter penalties for offenders.
According to Statutory Instrument 79 of 2017, inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, and chemicals provided through these programs must be used solely for their intended purposes, with all contracted produce delivered to designated buyers.
Those found diverting inputs could face fines up to level four, which includes imprisonment for up to three months, a fine, or both. Additionally, any misused inputs or illegally sold produce may be confiscated.
AMA CEO Clever Isaya told <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/ama-decries-inputs-abuse-and-side-marketing/">The Herald</a> that the abuse of agricultural inputs undermines the Government’s efforts to ensure food security, disrupts market stability, and diminishes the economic potential of the agriculture sector. He said:
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Inputs provided under these schemes are a national investment in food security and agricultural resilience. Their misuse not only jeopardises household food security but also reduces the overall agricultural productivity needed to feed the nation.
AMA has established regional offices across the country to help farmers access information on proper marketing channels and compliance requirements.
This move aims to ensure that all farmers from communal to commercial, understand their obligations under the law and the economic impact of non-compliance.
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Programmes like Pfumvudza/Intwasa assist small-holder farmers while NEAPS, on the other hand, enables commercial-scale farming by providing financial and material support.
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Permanent Secretary, Obert Jiri, recently said that individuals who sell or distribute inputs received under the climate-proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme (Pfumvudza) will face arrest.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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The AMA is angry because people are using farming supplies in the wrong way. They want stricter rules and punishments for those who do this. People who misuse the supplies can go to jail or pay fines. It's important to use these supplies properly to make sure there is enough food. The AMA is helping farmers know how to follow the rules. Some programs help small farmers, while others support big farms. The government says anyone caught selling these supplies will get in trouble.

AMA Calls For Stricter Penalties To Combat Abuse of Government Farming Inputs

A Spar outlet situated at Five Avenue Shopping Centre in Harare was among the shops raided by officials from the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development on Thursday.
The government launched a crackdown against shops and supermarkets selling counterfeit, expired and smuggled goods that have flooded the markets in the capital, Harare, and other cities across the country.
Zimbabwe has become a haven for smuggled goods, including alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages, which are often sold at below-market prices at shops and on street pavements.
This influx of illicit products has posed a challenge for local manufacturers, who have been voicing their concerns about the unfair competition to the government.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200033431/govt-raids-shops-over-imitations">NewsDay</a> yesterday, senior agricultural economist Simbarashe Masanga said shops should follow proper procedures when bringing goods into the country. Said Masanga:
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So they know that these products require permits, but they are actually doing the delivery. So that’s why we are seizing this flour from Spar Five Avenue.
The permit requirements are just a simple registration with AMA. Then you apply for a plant import permit from Plant Quarantine Services Institute.
Then we also issue a control of goods import permit straight from the Ministry of Agriculture and then you are good to go. And if the quantities are not even limited, you can import as much as you want.
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Masanga said that some of these smuggled products are not even in short supply, but are being illegally imported despite local production of the same goods.
He said the smuggled goods pose unfair competition for legitimate local brands that can easily compete.
Masanga said to address this issue, the authorities have launched a crackdown, raiding shops and supermarkets found selling counterfeit, expired or smuggled products.
He also warned that businesses caught selling these illicit goods will face heavy fines, which the AMA intends to make punitive enough to deter such practices.
The agency plans to expand these enforcement efforts across all shops to “bring sanity into the agricultural marketing space.”
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The government in Zimbabwe raided a Spar supermarket for selling fake, expired, and smuggled goods. Many shops in the country are selling illegal items like alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks at cheap prices, which hurts local businesses. Government officials are cracking down on these shops and warning of heavy fines for those caught. They want to stop this unfair competition and bring order to the market. Everyone should follow the rules for bringing goods into the country to help local businesses thrive.

Government Raids Supermarkets Over Counterfeit And Smuggled Goods

The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has extended the 2024 cotton marketing season to 31 July as farmers in different areas still have cotton maturing in their fields.
This year’s cotton marketing season was supposed to run up to 06 July.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/business/article/200029696/cotton-marketing-session-extended">NewsDay</a>, AMA chief executive officer Clever Isaya said that late rains and drought resulted in the late maturing of cotton. Said Isaya:
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We had a delay in the last farming season because of the late rains and the droughts. Right now, there are still farmers in different farming areas who still have their cotton seeds maturing and still preparing for sale…
There were low yields, and it has been challenging, characterised by a late and false start of the rains followed by prolonged dry spells.
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AMA extended the cut-off marketing dates for farmers in Mashonaland Central, Gokwe, Chiredzi, Sanyati, Bulawayo, Chinhoyi, Marondera, and Mutare, with the longest extension ending on July 31, 2024.
Isaya said that cases of side marketing have been relatively few this season due to the quota system implemented earlier this year. He said:
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We have had very isolated cases of side marketing. This season, we implemented the quota system, and it has been very instrumental in dealing with side marketing.
There were very few cases, I think we only recorded only two cases of side marketing.
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AMA implemented a quota system that was based on the level of support each contractor had provided to farmers during the current agricultural season.
Under the quota system, no contractor was permitted to purchase crops outside of their assigned quota, except for self-financed crops.
Meanwhile, AMA set this season’s minimum prices for the “white gold” at US$0,43 per kg for Grade A, US$0,39/kg (Grade B), US$0,36/kg (Grade C) and US$0,32 (Grade D).
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The cotton marketing season has been extended to July 31 because some cotton is still growing late due to late rains and drought. The extension is for areas like Mashonaland Central, Gokwe, Chiredzi, Sanyati, Bulawayo, Chinhoyi, Marondera, and Mutare. There have been few cases of side marketing this season because of a quota system. The minimum prices for cotton this season are US$0.43 per kg for Grade A, US$0.39/kg for Grade B, US$0.36/kg for Grade C, and US$0.32/kg for Grade D.

Cotton Marketing Season Extended

The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) is urging stakeholders in the agricultural sector, particularly the private sector, to support government initiatives by contributing to the livestock development levy.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/agriculture/article/200028827/ama-urges-farmers-to-pay-livestock-levy">NewsDay</a>, AMA Chief Executive Officer Clever Isaya emphasized that the levy applies to businesses involved in chick production, raw milk purchase, and beef cattle slaughter.
Isaya outlined that the levy’s objectives include promoting the sector, enhancing disease surveillance and control, researching livestock production technologies, improving animal health, ensuring transparent grading of livestock and products, facilitating orderly livestock marketing, investing in veterinary infrastructure, and promoting sustainable animal husbandry practices. He said:
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There has been reluctance by stakeholders to contribute to this levy. The advantages of doing so are many.
All resources must be harnessed towards the rehabilitation and consistent dipping of cattle, which are proven methods of containing menacing diseases.
The Presidential Tick Grease Programme has been very successful and millions of farmers across the country have benefited from the same.
The livestock development levy must effectively contribute to this cause. The levy remains an enabler in the livestock sector.
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Producers of day-old chicks are charged $0.01 per chick. Buyers of raw milk pay $0.01 per litre, and abattoirs pay $10 of the value of a fifth quarter per animal slaughtered. Added Isaya:
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We call upon all stakeholders to move together in this important drive to safeguard the national herd. The government must not walk alone on this important journey.
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In 2017, Anxious Masuka, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development, enacted the Agricultural Marketing Authority (Livestock Development Levy) Regulations, 2017, through Statutory Instrument 129 of 2017.
These regulations were established to introduce a livestock development levy and outline its purposes and distribution.
The levy forms a part of the Agricultural Marketing Fund, established under the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) Act.
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AMA Urges Farmers To Pay Livestock Development Levy

The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) says more deterrent measures are still needed to curb the side-marketing of cotton by farmers.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/new-ama-in-fight-against-cotton-side-marketing">The Sunday Mail</a>, AMA chief executive officer Clever Isaya said side marketing remains a big threat to the cotton sector.
He said AMA has since signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with cotton contractors to contain the practice through agreed fines and penalties. Said Isaya:
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Cotton is a strategic crop in the country and the second-largest foreign currency earner after tobacco.
Therefore, its value chain has to be protected. We are currently in the process of identifying common buying points which our farmers will use during the marketing season.
AMA clerks will be deployed to these points to monitor the process and ensure that there are no side-marketing activities.
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He said all contractors are required by law to buy from their contracted farmers only.
Side marketing is when growers sell their produce to third parties in breach of contractual agreements that bind producers to sell their yield to the contractor who would have provided inputs to the grower.
There are varied reasons why side marketing of crops is now rife in the market but it mainly stems from lower producer prices set by the government and the contractors.
Cotton is typically harvested between April and July. The process of cotton harvesting involves picking the mature cotton bolls from the plants by hand or machine.
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Authorities Seek To Curb Side-marketing Of Cotton

Zimbabwe’s cotton output declined by over 50% last season, statistics from the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) show.
In the 2021/22 season, farmers produced 57 000 tonnes of the crop as compared to 137 762 tonnes produced during the 2020/21 marketing season, a 59% drop.
AMA chief executive officer, Clever Isaya, told NewsDay that the sharp decline in cotton output is attributable to flooding and a cold spell in May. He said:
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Heavy rains and floods at the beginning of this season leached soils, then erratic rains which were received thereafter up to December (affected crops).
In January 2022, we had Tropical Storm Ana which caused destruction to both crops and animals, a cold spell quickly set in in May 2022 which affected ball splitting of cotton.
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Isaya also said payment delays in the previous season had “frustrated” some farmers while “non-destruction of ratoon crop in some instances perpetuated pest and disease prevalence.”
Payment problems have dogged the cotton sector in recent years, in some cases farmers have been given groceries for the “white gold”.
Last week the government announced new pre-planting producer prices for cotton farmers.
Cotton prices per grade will range from US$0.40 per kg for grade D to US$0.46 for grade A. | <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/agriculture/article/200006505/cotton-output-declines">NewsDay</a>

Cotton Output Declines By Over 50%

The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has extended the 2021/22 cotton marketing season after part of the crop matured late due to delayed rains.
In a statement, AMA chief executive officer Clever Isaya said that farmers should take advantage of the extension to deliver their crops as they will not get another extension. Said Isaya:
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Following wide consultations, the Agricultural Marketing Authority wishes to advise farmers, contractors and other stakeholders that the 2021/22 cotton marketing season has been extended.
These extensions were necessitated by the fact that some farmers had a late crop due to delayed rains.
Farmers are advised to take advantage of this extension to make mop-up deliveries of their crops as no extensions will be made beyond these dates.
The normal cotton marketing season usually closes around mid-August, where farmers are required to destroy stalks by mid-September to prevent disease carry-over into the next season.
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More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/08/cotton-marketing-deadline-extended/">NewsDay</a>

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