The President yesterday presented 5 000 motorbikes to the Agriculture ministry to be given to Agritex extension officers in a bid to capacitive the officers to carry out their mandate to their respective communities to boost food production in the country, ZBC News reports
The motorbikes were donated by 2 local companies Sweet Valley Seeds and FSG and were handed over by the president to the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate, and Rural Resettlement where they will be distributed to Agritex officers countrywide.
Speaking about the donation and what prompted them to donate the motorbikes, Sweet Valley Seeds’ Themba Nkatazo said:
We believe that a motivated extension worker will bring the required yield. This will go a long way in helping our extension workers to assist the farmers in attaining food security
While accepting the donation, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate, and Rural Resettlement Perrance Shiri said:
At the centre of all our growth and development programmes is the key role of extension services, having a responsive agricultural extension service system enables appropriate training backstopping.
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