Agriculture

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,...

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro Harare – Meikles Limited recorded impressive performances in the agriculture segment for the third quarter ended 31 December 2020, with bulk tea production volumes scaling up 41% in the quarter and 6% year...

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...

Milk production Figures Jan 2025 (1) HARARE (FinX) Zimbabwe’s milk production was up 2.5% in January 2024, reaching 9.76 million litres, up from 9.52 million litres recorded in the same period last year. This growth...

Farai Mabeza THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has availed office equipment and a 4 X 4 vehicle to the Horticulture Development Council (HDC) under the AgriInvest initiative. AgriInvest is a regional programme to support host...

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...

Plans are underway to establish a regional Agricultural Commodity Exchange Centre as part of the implementation of the 2021-2031 strategy for the Alliance for Commodity Trade in East and Southern Africa (ACTESA). The centre shall...

HARARE - The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has announced the approved producer prices for the 2024/25 season, along with the winter wheat incentive planning prices. The price of maize per tonne has decreased by 3.5%...