E-vouchers in Zimbabwe: Guidelines for agricultural input distribution

The Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanization and
Irrigation Development (MoAMID), issued national guidelines to govern the provision of
support to smallholder farmers in the form of agricultural inputs and extension for the
2011/12 summer cropping season. These sought to minimize direct input distribution and
eliminate the provision of free inputs to farmers. The guidelines proposed that inputs be
provided using rural input/output markets and that farmers contribute 10 percent to the
cost of the inputs they receive.