Zimbabwe - Overseas Development Institute

commercial farming sector'"', there does seem to be an increased
domestic and r e g i o n a l market e s p e c i a l l y f o r the smaller v e h i c l e s .
Currently the d i r e c t l o c a l content of these v e h i c l e s ranges from
30% to 50% of value of inputs used. While there has been some
d i s c u s s i o n (for example with both Romania and India) about the
p o s s i b i l i t y of b u i l d i n g a s o p h i s t i c a t e d t r a c t o r f a c t o r y i n the
region, l i t t l e s u b s t a n t i a l f e a s i b i l i t y and c o s t i n g work on such a
p r o j e c t has yet been c a r r i e d out. Meanwhile f o r both l a r g e r
t r a c t o r s and h i g h l y s o p h i s t i c a t e d machinery l i k e combines, the
domestic manufacturing component of such equipment i s u n l i k e l y to
change r a d i c a l l y over the coming few years. Hence the current
acute shortage of such v e h i c l e s i s only l i k e l y to be addressed i n
the medium term with an easing of the current o v e r a l l f o r e i g n
exchange shortage.