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Article: Grappling with the maize question: Nicholas Goche, Zimbabwe's new minister of public service, labour and social welfare, has perhaps one of the most difficult portfolios. He talked to New African on how he is grappling with the maize and other questions.(The Effects of Drought)
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- June 1, 2005
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Nicholas Goche has responsibility for drought mitigation in a country that has suffered four continuous seasons of drought. So you might think this brilliant man spends hours discussing anti-depressants. Not in his book! Rather, you meet one of the most optimistic ministers in the whole wide world. Somehow, even in the face of the withered crops, Goche is still upbeat.
"This year's drought has been unusual," he told New African. "Up till mid-January, the agricultural situation looked very, very rosy; to the extent that the president was toying with the idea of winding down the National Taskforce on Maize Procurement and Distribution because he thought we might no ...
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