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May
MoFA Targets 2 Million Farmers For 2021 PFJ The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has stepped up efforts to mobilise up to two million farmers onto the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme for the 2021 farming season. Currently, 1.7 million farmers have been registered under the programme, and the drive to increase farmer participation is to boost general agricultural production in the country. Additionally, the ministry also wants to improve maize production to 3.2 million Metric Tonnes (MT) in 2021 from the 1.8 million MT produced at the start of the programme in 2017. The Minister of…