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Tagwirei Pushes Youth Empowerment Through Land Title Deeds

By Kovedzayi Takawira MASVINGO — Chairperson of the Land Tenure Implementation Committee and prominent businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei has urged Zimbabweans especially the youth—to seize the opportunity to acquire land and title deeds as a foundation...
National Foods

NatFoods F21 profit retreats on high production costs, cheap maize imports

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...
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,...
Veld fires remain a major environmental and socio-economic threat to Zimbabwe as the country continues to lose considerable amount of land to veld fires each year

Extreme veld fire risk in Zimbabwe

Sydney Kawadza The favourable 2020/2021 agricultural season, while ensuring food security in Zimbabwe, has also increased the country’s veld fires risk which has been classified as extreme. Zimbabwe is targeting to achieve the 25 percent reduction...

Bread, Mealie Meal prices go up: GMAZ

Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has said the prices of bread and maize meal have gone up due to higher grain and oil prices currently obtaining on global markets due to the Russia-Ukraine...

TSL says Q2 volumes to be affected by late start to tobacco marketing season

HARARE - TSL says the late start to the tobacco marketing season volumes in the second quarter of all tobacco related businesses are expected to be below prior year although this is expected to...

February Milk Production: Download

HARARE - According to statistics released by the Dairy Services unit, month-on-month milk production for the month of February declined by 8.13% to 8.8 million litres from 9.5 million litres recorded in the month...
Ferti

Government suspends duty on bulk fertiliser imports

Chris Mahove  The government has suspended duty on the importation of certain quantities of fertiliser for the 2021/2021 cropping season. According to a government gazette published this week, Urea fertiliser, whether or not in aqueous solution...

Govt announces 2022/23 pre-planting producer prices

Itai Ndongwe The government has set the pre-planting producer prices for strategic commodities for the summer season of 2022/ 2023 in US dollars with maize set at US$335 per tonne in a new pricing model,...
Water Irrigation

Govt launches US$20mln irrigation development fund for smallholder farmers

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...

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