Agriculture

Farai Mabeza The Tobacco and Industry Marketing Board has expressed concern at the continued payment delays and reluctance to release farmers from their contracts by various contractors.  In two different memos addressed to the contractors and...

Staff Writer Food security, agriculture and the African Continental Free Trade Area are the key sectors that will anchor Africa’s post-COVID-19 recovery, a senior AfDB official has said. Addressing a virtual press conference on the opening...

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...

HARARE - GMB said it does not generate foreign currency as it announced that it will pay farmers in Zimbabwean dollars for their produce amid fears by farmers that the local currency might depreciate....

Staff Writer Maize production across Zimbabwe during the 2020/2021 agricultural season increased by 199 percent compared to the previous season. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka presented the 2021 Second Round Crop...

HARARE (FinX) - CBZ Bank is seeking to raise US$50 million and ZWL500 million through the issuance of a series of 270-day bond instruments to finance the procurement of farming inputs for maize and...

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...

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...

Cathy Buckle Heading north-east on the highway a few days after the easing of the latest COVID-19 lockdown it was a joy to be able to see our beautiful Zimbabwe again. How I had missed...

Farai Mabeza The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wakeup call for the radical transformation of food systems, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has said. According to...