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Gvt turns to private sector to improve Agro-Processing Chain

Nyasha Kunyiswa Government is turning to the private sector to improve Zimbabwe’s Agro-Processing Chain which has been decimated by a number of challenges include the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative seeks to integrate, align policies, strategies, programmes,...

Download: January national milk production statistics

Milk production Figures Jan 2025 (1) HARARE (FinX) Zimbabwe’s milk production was up 2.5% in January 2024, reaching 9.76 million litres, up from 9.52 million litres recorded in the same period last year. This growth...
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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...

ZAMCOM delivers PIDACC endorsement letters to AfDB

Talkmore Gandiwa The Zambezi Watercourse Commission has delivered five endorsement letters to Africa Development Bank as part of the requirements needed to unlock funds that are part of a multi-million-dollar fund for the Programme for...
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Government suspends duty on bulk fertiliser imports

Chris Mahove  The government has suspended duty on the importation of certain quantities of fertiliser for the 2021/2021 cropping season. According to a government gazette published this week, Urea fertiliser, whether or not in aqueous solution...
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...

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...

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...

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...

Zim, China to hold inaugural tobacco expo, YTD exports now at US$309m

Itai Ndongwe HARARE- The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says tobacco exports have reached impressive numbers, with 48 million kilograms of tobacco worth over US$309 million exported to date A significant portion of these exports,...

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