Zim farmers shift focus to sesame plant production
Shamiso Ngwena & Cynthia Chitombi
Zimbabwean farmers, struggling with traditional crops such as maize, have shifted focus to the sesame plant targeting at least 100 000 tonnes of the crop during the 2020/2021 agricultural season.
Agricultural...
Perrance Shiri dies
Lands, Agriculture and Rural Settlement Minister Perrance Shiri has died. ivera chain 7210
He was 65.
Shiri died in the early hours of Wednesday from suspected coronavirus. This also follows reports that his...
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,...
Govt increases shareholding in Cottco, Silo Foods
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...
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...
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...
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...
Treasury to release $500M weekly to pay cotton farmers
Takudzwa Musakasa
Treasury will release $500 million, every week to settle outstanding 2021 payments to cotton farmers. Cotton deliveries last year grew to 116,052 tonnes, up from 82,479 tonnes in 2020, contributed by government subsidies...
FAO seeking US$20m to overcome food insecurity in Zimbabwe
Staff Writer
United Nations agency, the Food and Agriculture Organisation is seeking at least US$20 million to assist 630 000 Zimbabwe overcome expected food insecurity in 2021.
According to FAO’s latest Humanitarian Support Plan for 2021,...
Tobacco prices 12% firmer in 2021 compared to last year
Staff Writer
Tobacco prices during the 2021 marketing season firmed by 12 percent compared to last year with at least 200 tonnes being sold this year.
This was revealed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister...
