27 February 2013 On the 22nd of February, the Managing Director for GRM International Mr. Kim Bredhauer visited some of the SAMP activities in Zaka district. Among the events was a visit to Zaka Superseeds (Community Seed Enterprise), contract growing of Chilli’s for Nando’s and the agro-dealer support ...
7 February 2013 As agricultural development in Zimbabwe focuses on market integration for small holder farmers, contract farming is in the spotlight as a possible pathway for positive change.
Contract farming for small holder farmers in Zimbabwe has met with mixed success.
One of the key problems in establishing sustainable contract farming is ‘respect of contract’. On the one hand, side marketing of production is all too common, leading to a loss of confidence from the private sector to invest in small holders. On the other hand – failure of companies to make ...