"Joseph Mtakwese Made" is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as Minister of Agriculture.

He was the Minister of Agriculture before being moved to the position of Minister of Agriculture Mechanization, with Rugare Gumbo replacing him as Minister of Agriculture. Made has been accused of overseeing the destruction of the agricultural sector in Zimbabwe when he was minister.

Made was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe/House of Assembly seat from Makoni West, a constituency in Manicaland, in the Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008/March 2008 parliamentary election. He was defeated by Webber Chinyadza of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/Movement for Democratic Change, receiving 2,585 votes against 6,187 for Chinyadza.

When the Zimbabwe Government of National Unity of 2009/national unity government was sworn in on February 13, 2009, Made became Minister of Agriculture again.

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Land is available to every Zimbabwean who wants it.

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There has been a decline over the past four to five years because the weather has not been good to us.

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The national crop assessment has not been done, so I cannot say anything about harvest expectations. In terms of government-to-farmer support, there were indeed many inadequacies, but why should farmers expect government to give them everything? We only provide to the needy, not everyone. They should learn to work hard on their own.

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