Padenga says F20 earnings to be lower due to limited skin sales
HARARE - Padenga Holdings has issued a profit warning saying forthcoming results for the year to December 31, 2020 will have lower earnings than the comparable year ago period.
This comes as luxury shopping behaviour,...
Kasukuwere appeals to Sheriff to enforce farm High Court order
Farai Mabeza
Former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasusukuwere has approached the Sherriff to execute a High Court order recently granted in his favour to evict some war veterans who invaded his Mazowe...
Govt sets new wheat record
By Talkmore Gandiwa
The government is targeting 624,000 tonnes of wheat this year against the annual national requirement target of 360,000 tonnes. This will surpass the highest wheat production recorded in 1996.
This comes after the...
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...
500 farmers have 99-Year Leases out of the 23 000
Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Masuka has revealed that 500 farmers out of the 23 000 have received 99-year leases from the government.
He was responding to a question...
Govt launches US$30 mln Horticulture Export Revolving Fund
HARARE - The government has launched the US$30 million Horticulture Export Revolving Fund to spur agricultural growth and increase the value of agricultural output through value addition and beneficiation.
The funds are part of the...
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...
Maize production increases by 200% – Government
Staff Writer
Maize production across Zimbabwe during the 2020/2021 agricultural season increased by 199 percent compared to the previous season.
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka presented the 2021 Second Round Crop...
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...
