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Veld fires remain a major environmental and socio-economic threat to Zimbabwe as the country continues to lose considerable amount of land to veld fires each year

Extreme veld fire risk in Zimbabwe

Sydney Kawadza The favourable 2020/2021 agricultural season, while ensuring food security in Zimbabwe, has also increased the country’s veld fires risk which has been classified as extreme. Zimbabwe is targeting to achieve the 25 percent reduction...
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Zim national herd declines by 5% due to drought and disease

Farai Mabeza The national cattle herd decreased by 4.7 % from 5 774 525 in 2018 to 5 489 364 in 2019, according to the First Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report for the 2019/2020...

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...
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Spear Capital to invest in Greenwave Milling

HARARE - Spear Capital has concluded an investment deal with Greenwave Milling, a manufacturer and distributor of quality high-value basic commodities throughout Zimbabwe. Previously part of the Metro Group, which is already a Spear Capital...
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Mnangagwa To Officially Open New Parliament Building Next Week

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officially open the 5th session of the Ninth Parliament on the 23rd of November 2022. This was reviewed by the clerk of Parliament Mr Kennedy Chokuda in a...
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Zimbabwe Sets Stage for Wheat Export Boom After Record Harvest

Itai Ndongwe  HARARE – Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, and Rural Development,  Anxious Masuka, announced that Zimbabwe is actively exploring export markets for its wheat, both regionally and internationally, following a record-breaking harvest that has...
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Govt owes millers $120m – GMAZ

Almot Maqolo HARARE – The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says it is owed more than $120m by government for roller meal subsidy refunds dating back from last December. This, the association says, was affecting...

February Milk Production: Download

HARARE - According to statistics released by the Dairy Services unit, month-on-month milk production for the month of February declined by 8.13% to 8.8 million litres from 9.5 million litres recorded in the month...
Zimbabwe is losing its forests due to logging, fuelwood harvesting, unsustainable agricultural activities, mining, urbanization, timber production and forest fires

Zim losing 260 000ha of forests annually – Minister

Edson Mapani Zimbabwe is losing at least 260 000 hectares of forests annually amid concern from government which has called on for the curtailing of the destruction. Addressing the 2021 graduation ceremony at the Forest Industry...

Tobacco farmers to get 50% of proceeds in foreign currency

Farai Mabeza Tobacco farmers will get fifty percent of their proceeds in foreign currency, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) announced. In a statement the two organisations said the money...

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