Zimbabwe's Grain Board Seeks Help to Mill Record Wheat Crop.
The Grain Marketing Board wants wheat millers to help turn the country's biggest wheat harvest into flour. Zimbabwe grew more wheat than ever last year - over 563,000 tonnes from nearly 120,000 hectares of land.
The board plans to buy wheat from farmers who got help through the Presidential Input Programme. Farmers who pay their way can sell their wheat anywhere they want. The board will still buy wheat from anyone who can't find other buyers. It works with the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange to store wheat safely.
The board asked good millers to sign up this morning. These millers must prove they own their mills and show papers about their business. They need to turn 90 percent of the wheat into flour.
The board will check each mill before giving out work. It might even check mills it knows again. Millers must test the flour themselves and meet the board's rules.
The board will pay millers in U.S. dollars or local money at bank rates. Before they start work, millers must sign up with Zimbabwe's buying office and pay some fees.
The board runs shops at its storage places across Zimbabwe. People like these shops because things cost less there than in regular stores. The board has opened 50 shops and 12 mills already, and it wants to open 38 more shops by April.
These shops help people buy food at fair prices. The board wants to stop stores from charging high prices just to make more money. After the wheat is turned into flour, more products might show up in these shops.
The Grain Marketing Board wants wheat millers to help turn the country's biggest wheat harvest into flour. Zimbabwe grew more wheat than ever last year - over 563,000 tonnes from nearly 120,000 hectares of land.
The board plans to buy wheat from farmers who got help through the Presidential Input Programme. Farmers who pay their way can sell their wheat anywhere they want. The board will still buy wheat from anyone who can't find other buyers. It works with the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange to store wheat safely.
The board asked good millers to sign up this morning. These millers must prove they own their mills and show papers about their business. They need to turn 90 percent of the wheat into flour.
The board will check each mill before giving out work. It might even check mills it knows again. Millers must test the flour themselves and meet the board's rules.
The board will pay millers in U.S. dollars or local money at bank rates. Before they start work, millers must sign up with Zimbabwe's buying office and pay some fees.
The board runs shops at its storage places across Zimbabwe. People like these shops because things cost less there than in regular stores. The board has opened 50 shops and 12 mills already, and it wants to open 38 more shops by April.
These shops help people buy food at fair prices. The board wants to stop stores from charging high prices just to make more money. After the wheat is turned into flour, more products might show up in these shops.
