Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Aims to Become a Key Blueberry Supplier

Zimbabwe is celebrating recent access for its avocados into China, but it is not the only segment on the rise, with its blueberry industry gearing up for rapid expansion. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mozambican President Opens Agriculture Show, Calls for Deeper Economic Ties With Zimbabwe

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday officially opened the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) in Harare calling for stronger economic cooperation between Mozambique and… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Stresses Importance of Agriculture in Regional Development At Korea-Africa Summit

President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the Korea-Africa summit on Agriculture Productivity and Regional Development, emphasizing the crucial role of agriculture in driving… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Selling, Growing Genetically Modified Maize Seed Is Illegal- - Agriculture Deputy Minister

DEPUTY Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Vangelis Haritatos, has warned that those illegally selling genetically modified organism (GMO) maize… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimtrade Targets Zambia's Agritech Expo

TRADE promotion agency, ZimTrade has tabled plans to connect local companies to the Zambia Agritech Expo set to kick off later this week. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Communal Farmers Warned Against Selling Livestock As Hunger Bites

Agriculture minister, Anxious Masuka has warned communal farmers against selling their livestock amid the hunger crisis the country is currently facing. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Fights Illegal Settlers On State Land 'Sold' After Being Seized From White Farmers

Almost 4 000 people were arrested for illegal settlements on state and council land in Zimbabwe. The government says it's committed to ensuring that all citizens "are settled in an… Read more »

Zimbabwe: MPs Plead With Govt to Treat Illegal Settlers With Empathy As Evictions Intensify

LEGISLATORS have pleaded with the government to deal with the current evictions, arrests of illegal settlers and the demolitions of their structures by authorities. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Assured of Adequate Maize Supply Ahead of Expected Drought

ZIMBABWEANS have been assured that the country has enough maize supply to last it through an expected drought despite the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) telling Parliament only four… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Delayed Rains Prompt Drought Resistant Small Grains Demand

THE delayed onset of the rainy season late last year prompted an increase in small grains demand, listed seed producer SeedCo Limited has revealed. Read more »

Zimbabwe: TSL Hails Contract Tobacco Farmers for 75 Percent of Crop Output

TSL Limited has commended the impact of contracted tobacco farmers saying the strategy is yielding fruit on the back of an overall satisfactory performance across the group's… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Anthrax Outbreak Hits Zimbabwe, Zambia - Disease Traced to Hippos

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Zimbabwe: Govt Reveals Plans to Evict Illegal Settlers on Agricultural Land

AGRICULTURE Minister Anxious Masuka has revealed plans to evict all those living illegally on state land that includes areas reserved for agriculture. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Government to Maintain Observer Role in Cotton Price Negotiations

Government has said it will not set prices of cotton between growers and contractors adding that the authorities will only observe to see that the agreed terms are met. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Govt Summons COTTCO Over U.S.$6.8 Million Debt to Farmers

Government says it is troubled by late payments of cotton farmers by contractors including the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (COTTCO) which still owes textile growers over US$6.8m… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Sanctions Restrict Horticultural Export Markets - Says Farmers4ed

THE horticultural sector witnessed exponential growth and generated significant foreign currency in yesteryears, but the gains were wiped out by economic sanctions, a ruling party… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Farmers Show Huge Appetite for Agric Index-Based Insurance

For Japhter Nyathi, whose 5-hectare plot at Honeybird Kop Farm, Umguza district in Matebeleland North was destroyed by a hailstorm a few weeks before expecting his first 2022… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Reviving Zimbabwe's Coffee Industry

David Muganyura, a veteran coffee farmer, joined a Nespresso initiative that seeks to revive growing of the crop at its launch in 2019. He has not looked back since. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tongaat Huletts Decries Cheaper Sugar Imports Impact On Local Industry

Listed sugar processor, Tongaat Huletts says cheaper sugar imports are negatively affecting the country's local industry by depressing sales volumes amid concerns of exposing… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tobacco Sales Hit U.S.$793,2 Million, Up 54% Compared to 2022

Tobacco sales conducted so far have raked in a total US$793,2 million , a figure which is 54% up compared to the total sum realized in the same period last year, the Tobacco… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Parliament Grills Grain Marketing Board Over Money Owed to Farmers

Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Resettlement has raised red flags over late payments to farmers and transporters by the Grain… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Over 40 Countries Chase After Zim Grown Tobacco - Govt

MORE than 40 countries are after Zimbabwe grown tobacco amid revelations that 160 million kilograms have been sold to date amid expectations of a higher yield this year. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Local Farmers Fail to Access Markets Due to Poor Road Infrastructure

Farmers in Silobela are failing to access markets due to a poor road network in the constituency. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Facing a 41,6000 Tonnes Fish Supply Deficit

THE Food Federation and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (FFAWUZ) has bemoaned the local market's failure to supply 41 600 tonnes of fish required by the local market annually amid… Read more »

Zimbabwe: TIMB to Support Shisha Tobacco Production in Zimbabwe

Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) recently licensed Cavendish Lloyd Tobacco to contract and support manufacture of shisha, a less hazardous type of tobacco. Read more »