Ariston Holdings revenue grows 15% in 9 months to June
Farai Mabeza
Agriculture and horticulture group Ariston Holdings’ revenue for the nine months up to 30 June, 2020 grew by 15% in inflation adjusted terms compared to the prior...
FAO boost for horticultural development
Farai Mabeza
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has availed office equipment and a 4 X 4 vehicle to the Horticulture Development Council (HDC) under the AgriInvest initiative.
AgriInvest is a regional programme to support host...
Zim, China sign trade protocol for citrus exports
Christopher Mahove
Zimbabwe and China have finally signed the trade protocol for the export of citrus fruits to China which is expected to see a marked increase in agriculture’s contribution to the export basket.
The Director...
Small-scale farmers yields under threat from fall armyworm
Staff Writer
Many Zimbabwean smallholder maize-growing households are likely to experience hunger due to armyworm invasion in the country, a research conducted by CABI has revealed,
CABI has led the first study to explore the income...
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....
TSL says Q2 volumes to be affected by late start to tobacco marketing season
HARARE - TSL says the late start to the tobacco marketing season volumes in the second quarter of all tobacco related businesses are expected to be below prior year although this is expected to...
Tobacco sales top US$14m on day seven
HARARE – At least 6.16 million kilograms of tobacco worth 13.95 million US dollars have been sold so far since the start of tobacco selling season, statistics from the industry regulator show. ivermectin dose...
‘Time up’ ED tells MPs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with MPs to expedite the formulation of laws to guide the 2023 general elections saying time was running up for them.
Steven Mungate
Presenting the State of the Nation Address and...
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...
