Pandamatenga farmers raise funding alarm as season approaches

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In jeopardy: Pandamatenga commercial farmers say they have not planted and may not at all this season, due to overdue payments from the last season PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

All forecasts point to a healthy rain season, but farmers in Pandamatenga, the country’s commercial agriculture hub, say they are owed up to P300m in outstanding payments for previous supplies to BAMB, and are unable to prepare. MBONGENI MGUNI writes

All signs are that the country will enjoy bountiful rains this year, good news to the more than 90% of farmers in the country who depend on the benevolence of the skies for their livelihoods.

However, at the Pandamatenga commercial farms, the hub of the country’s agricultural production and hopes for food security, confidence is running low ahead of the rainy season.

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Pandamatenga farmers raise funding alarm as season approaches

All forecasts point to a healthy rain season, but farmers in Pandamatenga, the country’s commercial agriculture hub, say they are owed up to P300m in outstanding payments for previous supplies to BAMB, and are unable to prepare. MBONGENI MGUNI writes

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