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...
Locusts threatens Zim, neighbours food security
Farai Mabeza
A possible African Migratory Locust outbreak is threatening food security and livelihoods in Zimbabwe and some of its Southern Africa neighbours, the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
Treasury to release $500M weekly to pay cotton farmers
Takudzwa Musakasa
Treasury will release $500 million, every week to settle outstanding 2021 payments to cotton farmers. Cotton deliveries last year grew to 116,052 tonnes, up from 82,479 tonnes in 2020, contributed by government subsidies...
Bread, Mealie Meal prices go up: GMAZ
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has said the prices of bread and maize meal have gone up due to higher grain and oil prices currently obtaining on global markets due to the Russia-Ukraine...
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...
Youth participation in Pfumvunza too low – Machakaire
Tawanda Marwizi
Youth in Zimbabwe should participate in the government initiated farming scheme, Pfumvudza, as a way of reducing poverty in communities while avoiding drug-related crimes due to idleness, Youths, Sport, Arts and Culture Deputy...
Comesa plans regional Agricultural Commodity Exchange centre
Plans are underway to establish a regional Agricultural Commodity Exchange Centre as part of the implementation of the 2021-2031 strategy for the Alliance for Commodity Trade in East and Southern Africa (ACTESA).
The centre shall...
Govt sets new wheat record
By Talkmore Gandiwa
The government is targeting 624,000 tonnes of wheat this year against the annual national requirement target of 360,000 tonnes. This will surpass the highest wheat production recorded in 1996.
This comes after the...
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...
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...
