1.0 UPDATE ON THE 2023/2024 SUMMER CROPS MARKETING, FOOD SECURITY OUTLOOK TO MARCH 2025, 2024 WINTER CROPS PRODUCTION AND THE 2024/2025 CROPS SUMMER SEASON PLAN

Cabinet received and noted the Update on the 2023/2024 Summer Crops Marketing, Food Security Outlook to March 2025, 2024 Winter Crops Production and the 2024/2025 Crops Summer Season Plan, as presented by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Honourable A.J. Masuka.

To date, the Grain Marketing Board has received 20 148 metric tonnes of maize, soyabeans, sorghum and sunflower from the El Nino-ravaged 2023/2024 summer season. The private sector has imported 974 658 metric tonnes of maize, wheat and wheat flour since 1st April 2024, and Government of Zimbabwe has also imported 39 916 metric tonnes of maize. The total Strategic Grain Reserve stock stands at 244 296 metric tonnes.