AfDB approves US$34.8m grants for Malawi & Zimbabwe’s climate resilience
The African Development Bank has approved US$34.8 million, (US$34,796,402.40) in grants to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate disaster risks for vulnerable communities in Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Under the bank group’s Africa Disaster Risk Financing...
Zim eyes new blueberry markets as it targets 45% rise in exports
Talkmore Gandiwa
Zimbabwe is eyeing Europe and Middle Eastern countries as new markets for its blueberries, following a projected 45% increase in exports for 2024.
The projected 45% increase in exports primarily results from plant maturity and increased...
TIMB ditches unpopular out of Harare auction floors
Reason Razao
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has registered three auction floors in Harare after some registered outside failed to attract farmers and registering sales as low as five percent in the previous season.
The...
Government wheat scheme propels SeedCo Q3 sales volume
HARARE - ZSE-listed seed producer, SeedCo limited recorded substantial growth in sales volumes during the nine months to December and Q3-23 thanks to government's wheat program which resulted in the group realizing record local...
ED responds as land debate rages on
Sydney Kawadza
President Mnangagwa has reiterated that Zimbabwe’s land reform programme, estimated to have benefited 300 000 Zimbabweans, was irreversible, a direct reaction to queries raised by a recent...
COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor
Olusegun Obasanjo and Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe
ROME, Italy, – Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the...
Agric ministry launches digital platforms for farmers, students
Rhys Balicholo
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement has launched three digital platforms that will offer training, specialised information and agricultural solutions as part of efforts to boost productivity in the...
Agriculture anchors Meikles’ Q3 earnings as exports trail
Tapiwanashe Mangwiro
Harare – Meikles Limited recorded impressive performances in the agriculture segment for the third quarter ended 31 December 2020, with bulk tea production volumes scaling up 41% in the quarter and 6% year...
Value add tobacco to tap into the US$800b global market
Tadiwa Musiyiwa and Rhys Balicholo
HARARE – Limited value addition of tobacco has seen Zimbabwe earn an insignificant portion from the global tobacco industry, which is valued at over US$800 billion, the Tobacco Industry and...
