Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway operating cost savings. According to the project performance evaluation report of the Zimbabwe Rural Roads Project number 1, in 1984 the total savings on "vehicle operating costs" for all sizes of vehicles that used the Kwekwe-Gokwe Road was $4,084,244 for 212 vehicles; an average of about $19,265 per vehicle. As per this same cost benefit analysis in 2010, nine years after the opening of the Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway, overall vehicle operating costs for 660 vehicles was $11,384,880; an average of $17,250 per vehicle, a reduction of about $2,000 per vehicle. Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway or the R84-7 Highway is an all-weather
Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme An Extension Worker who is a government employed graduate in "Agricultural Science and Practice" provides technical advice to both the Irrigation Scheme Management Committee and the farmers. Main crops are vegetables, okra, beans and maize. Tomatoes are not grown by many farmers unless they are contracted by a reliable company. Green maize buyers come from places such as Columbina Rural Service Center, Empress Mine Township and even as far as Kadoma, Kwekwe, Gweru and Harare. Buyers provide their own transport. Okra buyers are usually from among the farmers themselves. The buy from other farmers at producer price and ferry tonnes