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...
GMB reviews producer prices for 2024/25 season
HARARE - The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has announced the approved producer prices for the 2024/25 season, along with the winter wheat incentive planning prices.
The price of maize per tonne has decreased by 3.5%...
Tobacco deliveries slower than expected: TIMB
Farai Mabeza
Tobacco deliveries are slower than expected because farmers are not happy with the fixed exchange rate of 1:25 under which they are required to surrender 50 percent of their foreign currency earnings, it...
Value add tobacco to tap into the US$800b global market
Tadiwa Musiyiwa and Rhys Balicholo
HARARE – Limited value addition of tobacco has seen Zimbabwe earn an insignificant portion from the global tobacco industry, which is valued at over US$800 billion, the Tobacco Industry and...
Zim, UK launch horticulture trade partnership
Farai Mabeza
Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom have launched a trade partnership programme to build the country’s capacity to increase exports of horticultural products to the UK and European Union markets.
The programme, dubbed the United...
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...
Parly Summons Masuka & Mthuli Over Late Wheat Payments
Parliament has summoned Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka and Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof Mthuli Ncube to come up with a ministerial statement over the delay in payment of wheat farmers
Rising on a matter...
Ariston in mixed nine month performance as revenue grows 69%
Itai Ndongwe
Ariston Holding’s revenue for the nine-month period ended June 30, 2022, grew by 69% in historical terms compared to the prior comparative period, the company reported in its trading update period.
According to the...
ProDairy targets production increase at Mafuro as milk output increases 4% in F21
HARARE – Milk processor ProDairy, which is part of the Innscor Africa group says it is targeting an increase in raw milk intake this year, supported by the milk development programme at Mafuro farming...
Normal rains relief for Zim but…
Farai Mabeza
Good news is what Zimbabweans farmers would want to hear and reports of normal to above normal rains starting next month is a welcome relief for many in the country.
However, according to the...
