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Zimbabwe sets up irrigation development fund

Davison Kaiyo The Government has established an irrigation development fund as the country takes measures to ensure food security in light of climate change induced droughts that have ravaged the country for the past few...
Wheat

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 ...

Innscor invests $10.4m in agriculture to boost local food security

HARARE (FinX) - Innscor Africa Limited's agriculture unit, PHI/Agrowth, invested a total of US$10.4 million in the current summer cropping season as part of its objectives to ensure a continuous supply of raw materials...

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,...

ZAMCOM delivers PIDACC endorsement letters to AfDB

Talkmore Gandiwa The Zambezi Watercourse Commission has delivered five endorsement letters to Africa Development Bank as part of the requirements needed to unlock funds that are part of a multi-million-dollar fund for the Programme for...

Download: August milk production figures

Milk production Figures Jan-Aug 2024 HARARE - In the first eight months of this year, Zimbabwe produced 75.2 million litres of milk, a 19.3% increase from 63 million litres during the same period last year. Month...
irvines

Cobb expands its footprint in Africa with new Irvine’s JV

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...
Tobacco

No love lost between farmers and tobacco contractors

Talkmore Gandiwa With pale faces carved with visible marks of sorrow, tobacco farmers sit patiently outside one of Zimbabwe’s tobacco auction floors in Harare, the capital city. In their minds, all they are consumed with are...

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...
Irrigation

“Ensure adequate funding for irrigation plan”

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:...

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