armers should honour the contract agreement they entered into with the parastatal as it was “binding and enforceable”,citing that maximum co-operation by the farmers was ” mandatory and obligatory.”
The parastatal warned of no future support to both those who have breached or were contemplating breaching the contract.
Said GMB,”Those who have breached, or are contemplating breaching the contract will receive no support in the future but face possible prosecution”.
GMB maintains a register of defaulters as well as errant farmers and is in the process of deregistering them, the parastatal said.
GMB availed soya bean seed, fertilizer and some chemicals among other inputs to contract farmers in preparation for the 2006/7 season.
In turn, the farmers were expected to sell all their produce to the parastatal.
However, as is the case with most crops,the farmers were seen to be breaching the contract as they resolved to side-marketing in a bid to fetch higher returns.
While GMB is buying a tonne of soya beans at $10 million,private buyers are offering double the amount.
Once famed as the breadbasket of the Southern African region,Zimbabwe is grappling with a serious food crisis following the government orchestrated land seizures since the year 2000- CAJ News.
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