Agriculture

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...

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...

Reason Razao HARARE - Government is set to drill 5 000 boreholes to address water shortages across the country as it claims that there is segregation of duties by town councils in providing tapped water. Concerns...

Christopher Mahove HARARE - The pre-planting producer prices announced by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) last week are unsustainable and discouraging to farmers, the Zimbabwe Integrated Commercial Farmers Union (ZICFU) has said. The GMB last week...

HARARE -  Border Timbers Limited retreated into loss position during the three months to September (Q1-23) as sales and production volumes plunged due to aging equipment. This was against FY22 profit of $10.5 billion...

Tadiwa Musiyiwa  Crisis outcomes are expected to persist in most typical deficit-producing areas through March due to non-availability of own-produced food stocks, reductions in agricultural labour opportunities and income, and limited access to food and...

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...

Staff Writer The District Development Fund has lost approximately 90 percent of its tractor units affecting its vital tillage services to resettled farmers. The DDF’s mandate includes providing and maintaining sustainable rural development infrastructure, resettlement tillage,...

Farai Mabeza ZIMBABWE is currently working on reviewing and developing the second Zimbabwe Agriculture Investment Plan (ZAIP) as it continues to struggle to fully harness its agriculture potential. This was revealed by the Lands, Agriculture, Water,...

Talkmore Gandiwa HARARE - Government has today launched a US$20 million small holder farmers irrigation development fund which is aimed at revitalising 18 rural irrigation schemes, key in the country's quest to improve food security. The...