Published: 20 August 2013

Wheat farmers have expressed concern over the increased load shedding by national power utility Zesa Holdings over the past two weeks which is threatening the expected harvest of about nearly 30 000 tonnes from about 4 500 hectares of wheat planted this season.

Zimbabwe Farmers' Union second vice president Berean Mukwende said members of his organisation, especially those in Mashonaland West, East and Central provinces, are now worried that their crop will not give them any meaningful yield due to erratic power supplies.
- herald

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