Agricultural Marketing Authority

Agricultural Marketing Authority regulates the production, marketing and processing of agricultural products in Zimbabwe. The authority oversees participation of producers, buyers and processors, including quota setting and registration of merchants across grains, oilseeds, horticulture, livestock, cotton, macadamia and industrial hemp. Agricultural Marketing Authority promotes contract farming of strategic crops and fair pricing for farmers, including communal and resettlement producers. It administers statutory instruments covering contract farming, market standards, livestock levies, industrial hemp permits and warehouse receipts. The authority collects returns, publishes market information and advises the Minister on agricultural marketing policy and pricing.