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African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina on Thursday spoke out on the urgent need to finance climate adaptation

Tap into growing agriculture sector – Adesina

Sydney Kawadza African countries should tap the agriculture, food and agri-business sector whose size is expected to rise to more than US$1 trillion by 2030. The agriculture, food and agri-business sector, according to African Development Bank...
The District Development Fund has lost close to 90 percent of its vital equipment and has failed to deliver on it mandate to the rural communities in Zimbabwe

Authorities bemoan rot at DDF

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,...
Tomatoes

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...
Wheat

Zimbabwe Sets Stage for Wheat Export Boom After Record Harvest

Itai Ndongwe  HARARE – Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, and Rural Development,  Anxious Masuka, announced that Zimbabwe is actively exploring export markets for its wheat, both regionally and internationally, following a record-breaking harvest that has...

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...
Over 12 000 Shangaan families to make way for a white-owned commercial dairy operation, while white commercial farmer on land protected by a bilateral agreement with Italy subjected to forcible removal on a Friday night.

Download: Milk Production for YTD August

Milk production Figures Jan-Aug 2022
Water Irrigation

Zimbabwe sets up irrigation development fund

Davison Kaiyo The Government has established an irrigation development fund as the country takes measures to ensure food security in light of climate change induced droughts that have ravaged the country for the past few...

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...
The fall armyworm has the potential to cause an annual reduction in maize production in Zimbabwe of about 264,000 tonnes, translating into revenue loss of US$83 million.

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...
Tobacco

Tobacco land preparations behind schedule

Farai Mabeza Small-scale tobacco farmers are behind schedule in preparing their land for the cropping season with draught power shortages crippling activities although there are high expectations for an increase in hectares of around 10...

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