Agriculture

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...

Reason Razao Government has expressed satisfaction with preparations for the 2020/2021 summer agricultural season with 2.2 million families being recruited and trained under the ‘Pfumvudza’ programme. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare Tuesday afternoon, Information,...

Sydney Kawadza Farmers have called on government to deal with several issues affecting agricultural production so that some of its goals, including the Accelerated Irrigation Rehabilitation and Development Plan:...

Talkmore Gandiwa/Pride Mzarabani Seed Co Limited said it is spending approximately US$10 million annually on research and development work for parent seeds. The company has been investing in new technology as the company introduces drought-tolerant...

Farai Mabeza Tobacco farmers will get fifty percent of their proceeds in foreign currency, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) announced. In a statement the two organisations said the money...

Beth Bechdol Have you ever wondered how key development solutions between and among countries of the Global South are conceived, exchanged and shared? The answer is: South-South cooperation.

Cobb seeks to expand in Africa with a new joint venture with the Irvine’s Group. The Irvine’s Group, are Cobb’s oldest distributor and have been producing and selling Cobb products in Africa for over...

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,...

Harare – Zimbabwe plans to put 350 000 ha under irrigation in the next three seasons as part of the Accelerated Irrigation Rehabilitation and Development Plan. This was revealed by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture,...

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...