Zim, China sign trade protocol for citrus exports
Christopher Mahove
Zimbabwe and China have finally signed the trade protocol for the export of citrus fruits to China which is expected to see a marked increase in agriculture’s contribution to the export basket.
The Director...
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...
Zim executive on Time’s 100 Climate Leaders list
Farai Mabeza
HARARE - The chief executive officer of African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), Lesley Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean, has been selected as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business for 2024.
ARC...
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...
Download: September Milk Production figures
Download: Milk production Figures Jan-September 2022 (1)
Talkmore Gandiwa
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s milk production in the nine months to September rose 16.04% to 66.84 million litres from 57.60 million litres recorded in the same period last...
Currency volatility a concern for wheat farmers
Sydney Kawadza
The new wheat producer prices announced by government recently, though welcome by many farmers, could be under threat from a volatile economic situation in Zimbabwe with ...
48 million people food insecure – SADC
Sydney Kawadza
At least 47.6 million people in Southern Africa are food insecure with rural food insecurity expected to peak between November 2021 and March next year.
According to the SADC’s Synthesis Report on the State...
COVID-19 exposes weak food systems – FAO
Farai Mabeza
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wakeup call for the radical transformation of food systems, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has said.
According to...
Tobacco sales top US$14m on day seven
HARARE – At least 6.16 million kilograms of tobacco worth 13.95 million US dollars have been sold so far since the start of tobacco selling season, statistics from the industry regulator show. ivermectin dose...
CFI pushing for Vic Foods JM exit as Q3 revenue rises 88%
HARARE - An increase in demand particularly bolstered by the good summer and tobacco seasons, saw CFI Holdings report an 88% increase in revenue in the third quarter to June 30, 2021.
Of that revenue,...
















