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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...
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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...
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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...
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Command Agric funds all accounted for: Sakunda

Staff Writer Funds availed for government’s Command Agriculture were accounted for and everything done was above board, Sakunda Holdings officials have declared explaining that they only received a third of the US$3 billion figure that's...

AfDB approves US$10mln grant for Zim agriculture

Itai Ndongwe HARARE- The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors has approved a US$10.12 million grant from the African Development Fund to support Zimbabwe in boosting sustainable agricultural production and strengthening rural resilience in...

Maize production increases by 200% – Government

Staff Writer Maize production across Zimbabwe during the 2020/2021 agricultural season increased by 199 percent compared to the previous season. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka presented the 2021 Second Round Crop...

GMB maintains producer prices as it readies for better harvest

HARARE - GMB said it does not generate foreign currency as it announced that it will pay farmers in Zimbabwean dollars for their produce amid fears by farmers that the local currency might depreciate....

Download: November Milk Production figures

HARARE – Milk production dipped slightly in November to 7.19 million litres but shows an increase of 12. ivermectin tablet for dogs in hindi 66% against the comparable year ago period. According to the latest...
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.

Download: Milk Production for YTD August

Milk production Figures Jan-Aug 2022

Mnangagwa moves Marapira to Agriculture Ministry

By Staff Writer President Emmerson Mnangagwa has with immediate effect appointed Minister Davis Marapira to the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development. Before the transfer, Marapira was the Minister in charge of...

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