Zim’s low cereal producing areas to face food deficits – FEWSNET
Sydney Kawadza
Some areas in Zimbabwe are likely to face acute food shortages from October going into the new year despite the country receiving above normal rain during the 2020/2021 agricultural season, the Famine Early...
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...
Takura to acquire Interfresh Limited
HARARE - The Competition and Tariff Commission Zimbabwe has approved the acquisition of the majority shareholding in Interfresh Limited by Takura Ventures.
The transaction is however still to be finalised.
Under the deal, Takura is targeting...
Govt increases shareholding in Cottco, Silo Foods
HARARE - Government says it has increased its shareholding in Cottco to 51% which is in tandem with its contribution to the company.
Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a media briefing that due to continued...
AfDB approves US$34.8m grants for Malawi & Zimbabwe’s climate resilience
The African Development Bank has approved US$34.8 million, (US$34,796,402.40) in grants to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate disaster risks for vulnerable communities in Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Under the bank group’s Africa Disaster Risk Financing...
Zimbabwe prepares for bumper harvest
Sydney Kawadza
Zimbabwe is expected to harvest more than double its grain requirements for the Strategic Grain Reserves with Cabinet announcing an estimated 2.8 million tonnes of maize from the 2020/2021 agricultural season.
Zimbabwe requires at...
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 ...
TIMB licences Cavendish Tobacco to support Shisha production
By Talkmore Gandiwa
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has licensed Cavendish Lloyd Tobacco to contract and support shisha tobacco production in Zimbabwe. Shisha is a type of combustible tobacco that has low nicotine...
Backyard to Business: How Hydroponics is Changing Urban Farming in Zimbabwe
By Kovedzayi Takawira
It's early morning in a wooden box office at Vitagrow Urban Farm in a leafy suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe. Co-founder and Managing Director Keith Chipudhla (34) and his accountant are busy with...
