GMB reviews producer prices for 2024/25 season
HARARE - The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has announced the approved producer prices for the 2024/25 season, along with the winter wheat incentive planning prices.
The price of maize per tonne has decreased by 3.5%...
Forex woes hamper irrigation development
Farai Mabeza
Government has blamed foreign exchange woes for its failure to develop adequate irrigation infrastructure in the face of consecutive droughts experienced in Zimbabwe.
In the Annual Budget and Economic Review for the 2019 fiscal...
A look into Conservation Agriculture and China’s model
Farai Mabeza
CONSERVATION agriculture is built on three principles – minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover and crop rotation – that are known to reduce erosion, improve soil quality, conserve water, reduce fuel costs and,...
FAO boost for horticultural development
Farai Mabeza
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has availed office equipment and a 4 X 4 vehicle to the Horticulture Development Council (HDC) under the AgriInvest initiative.
AgriInvest is a regional programme to support host...
500 farmers have 99-Year Leases out of the 23 000
Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Masuka has revealed that 500 farmers out of the 23 000 have received 99-year leases from the government.
He was responding to a question...
Singapore, a new frontier for Zim’s horticulture producers
Farai Mabeza
Zimbabwe’s trade development and promotion body, ZimTrade, says Singapore can become a new haven for the country’s horticulture products.
ZimTrade this week presented findings from a recent market scan conducted in the Asian city...
Tobacco land preparations behind schedule
Farai Mabeza
Small-scale tobacco farmers are behind schedule in preparing their land for the cropping season with draught power shortages crippling activities although there are high expectations for an increase in hectares of around 10...
Cottco expects 27% reduced cotton intake to 85 000t
HARARE – Cottco Holdings says it expects reduced intake in the current season due to the late onset of the rains and the erratic rainfall patterns but payment modalities have been put in place...
Tobacco prices 12% firmer in 2021 compared to last year
Staff Writer
Tobacco prices during the 2021 marketing season firmed by 12 percent compared to last year with at least 200 tonnes being sold this year.
This was revealed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister...
Zim, China to hold inaugural tobacco expo, YTD exports now at US$309m
Itai Ndongwe
HARARE- The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says tobacco exports have reached impressive numbers, with 48 million kilograms of tobacco worth over US$309 million exported to date
A significant portion of these exports,...
