Zim losing 260 000ha of forests annually – Minister
Edson Mapani
Zimbabwe is losing at least 260 000 hectares of forests annually amid concern from government which has called on for the curtailing of the destruction.
Addressing the 2021 graduation ceremony at the Forest Industry...
Zim, southern Africa food crisis worsens in 2020
Farai Mabeza
ZIMBABWE, together with the rest of the southern African region, is expected to face high food deficit in 2020 due to the continued effects of the 2018/19 drought compounded by a poor forecast...
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...
650 former commercial farmers receive government compensation – CFU
Xolisani Ncube/Almot Maqolo
At least 650 white former commercial farmers have received payment of about $50 000 as compensation from government, the Commercial Farmers Union has revealed.
The money translates to approximately US$2 000 using the...
Zim, China to hold inaugural tobacco expo, YTD exports now at US$309m
Itai Ndongwe
HARARE- The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says tobacco exports have reached impressive numbers, with 48 million kilograms of tobacco worth over US$309 million exported to date
A significant portion of these exports,...
Youth participation in Pfumvunza too low – Machakaire
Tawanda Marwizi
Youth in Zimbabwe should participate in the government initiated farming scheme, Pfumvudza, as a way of reducing poverty in communities while avoiding drug-related crimes due to idleness, Youths, Sport, Arts and Culture Deputy...
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...
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...
Zim to start blueberry exports to China in key breakthrough
HARARE - Zimbabwean blueberries can now be exported to China for the first time, following the signing of a new protocol between the two countries in Beijing.
The Horticultural Development Council (HDC} welcomes the agreement,...
Comesa plans regional Agricultural Commodity Exchange centre
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...
