It's unfortunate the Agriculture Minister is already celebrating the alleged success of Pfumvudza which is actually a falsity. Facts on the ground are showing otherwise. The excessive rains have caused massive leeching and most of the holes were filled with water.
Pfumvudza works where there is not much water. Again, people have struggled to access AN fertiliser& are being limited in buying it; the Agritex officers on the ground have been struggling, some with no transport or fuel to facilitate the program etc.
In typical fashion the Minister's statement is a bastardisation of facts, remotely compiled from an office& is out of touch with the facts on the ground. For an example, I invite him to come to my village and see the results of Pfumvudza.
This is why we end up with food shortages as we prioritise falsely sanitising situations instead of rectifying them. Helicopter assessments of fields are not enough, come to the ground. We are tired of being misled.
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