Zimbabwe targets food security with increased wheat production

STORY: Zimbabwe targets food security with increased wheat production DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:01 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of small scale farmers harvesting and grading wheat 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GEORGE NGWARWI, Farmer 3. various of wheat harvesting 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHN BASERA, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement 5. various of wheat harvesting 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROCKY MUTENHA, Chief executive officer, Grain Marketing Board 7. various of wheat harvesting STORYLINE: George Ngwarwi, a small-scale farmer from Nyagori Farm in the Chegutu District near Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, is one of many farmers who ventured into wheat farming for the very first time during this year's winter wheat farming season. Although the bulk of Zimbabwe's wheat traditionally has been produced by large-scale commercial farmers, this year the government encouraged more small-scale farmers with irrigation capacit