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Border Timbers plunges into Q1 Loss on volumes dip

HARARE -  Border Timbers Limited retreated into loss position during the three months to September (Q1-23) as sales and production volumes plunged due to aging equipment. This was against FY22 profit of $10.5 billion...

Zimbabwe maize yields at 0.57t/ha in 2019/20, faces cereal deficit of 1.16m tonnes

HARARE - The country's maize production is estimated to have risen 17% in the 2019/20 season, but the biggest concern remains the poor yields, which averaged 0.57 tonnes per hectare. According to the Second...
Tobacco

No love lost between farmers and tobacco contractors

Talkmore Gandiwa With pale faces carved with visible marks of sorrow, tobacco farmers sit patiently outside one of Zimbabwe’s tobacco auction floors in Harare, the capital city. In their minds, all they are consumed with are...
Over 12 000 Shangaan families to make way for a white-owned commercial dairy operation, while white commercial farmer on land protected by a bilateral agreement with Italy subjected to forcible removal on a Friday night.

Be warned: No more land invasions, except for …

Cathy Buckle Heading north-east on the highway a few days after the easing of the latest COVID-19 lockdown it was a joy to be able to see our beautiful Zimbabwe again. How I had missed...
Almost 48 million people in Southern Africa are food insecure with the situation expected to worsen between November this and March 2021

48 million people food insecure – SADC

Sydney Kawadza At least 47.6 million people in Southern Africa are food insecure with rural food insecurity expected to peak between November 2021 and March next year. According to the SADC’s Synthesis Report on the State...

Government amends Chilonga Statutory instrument

Davison Kaiyo HARARE – The government, which has been under fire over displacement of Chilonga community the since the publication of Statutory Instrument (SI) 50 of 2021, has amended the SI as it seeks to...

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...
National Foods

NatFoods F21 profit retreats on high production costs, cheap maize imports

HARARE – National Foods profit for the year retreated significantly on account of high production costs and a disappointing performance in the Maize unit which suffered stiff competition from cheap maize meal imports from...

Heavy rains weigh down January milk production

Talkmore Gandiwa HARARE - Heavy rains weighed down milk production in January with the figures from the Ministry of Agricultural showing a 2.22% drop to 8.1 million liters from 8.3 million litres recorded in December....
Perence Shiri

Perrance Shiri dies

Lands, Agriculture and Rural Settlement Minister Perrance Shiri has died. ivera chain 7210 He was 65. Shiri died in the early hours of Wednesday from suspected coronavirus. This also follows reports that his...

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