津巴布韦政府干预棉价

The Zimbabwe Government has decided to intervene in the ongoing row between cotton farmers and merchants over pricing of cotton, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara said in the House of Assembly.

Elaborating further, Mr. Mutambara said after discussing the issue and pondering on ways to find a solution for the same, the Cabinet has directed the Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Dr. Joseph Made to hold meetings with various cotton industry stakeholders and amicably resolve the issue.

He said the Government has prioritized and is actively working for setting up of a commodity exchange for agricultural products, so as to fetch a long-term solution to the pricing issue.

The exchange would trade several agricultural products including cotton. Such exchanges extend a market driven platform for trading listed commodities that allow the farmers to reap maximum price for their products, Mr. Mutambara said.

He said they also intend to see the cotton scaling up the ladder of the value added agro-processing chain, so that they can establish a cotton cluster probably in Kadoma, where processing of cotton and textiles takes place. He added that it would be essential to develop support industries and infrastructure for the cluster.

In order for the farmers to reap better value for their commodities, it is important that the country emphasises on processing cotton domestically to add value, he said.
译文如下：

副总理亚瑟•穆坦巴拉在众议院宣布，津巴布韦政府决定干预棉农和棉商之间有关棉价的争端。
穆坦巴拉进一步宣称，在讨论有关解决棉价争端的问题后，内阁决定由农业、机械化和灌溉发展部长约瑟夫•马蒂博士与棉花产业从业者会晤并友善的解决该问题。
他说政府已经做出妥协并积极的在为农产品商业交换机制做出努力，也正在寻求一个解决棉价定价的长期方案。
农产品交换机制将囊括棉花在内的几种农产品。这种机制为交易商品扩大了市场驱动平台，为农民获得利益最大化提供了有利条件。
穆塔巴拉还说政府还打算扩大农产品加工链，以便于在卡多马建立一个棉花产业集群，会在那里建立棉花和纺织的加工企业。他说很有必要为这个集群建立支持产业和基础设施。为了给农民提供更好的产品价值，在国内增强棉花加工产业以增加产品附加值是非常重要的。