Zimbabwe: Tobacco Farmers Push for Export Ceilings

Tobacco farmers have mounted a fresh push for investments into cigarette production facilities on the domestic market, which must be implemented together with ceilings on raw… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Milk and Tomato Shortages Explained

AGRICULTURE matters have been quite topical for a while now. The past two weeks have seen the shortage of milk persisting. The price of tomatoes has spiked to extremely high… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Bring Finality to Farm Invasions

'HENCEFORTH, no more land invasions in whatever form, place or by whomsoever! Be warned!" This was a chilling warning by the Deputy Chief Secretary in charge of Presidential… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Hits Wheat Imports

Zimbabwe's milling companies have been hit by Covid-19 induced delays to wheat deliveries from the international markets, which have triggered a wave of price hikes on the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Pfumvudza an African Free Trade Area Deal Opportunity

The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into being on January 1, 2020. It carries with it risks and opportunities. This article will focus on one opportunity -- the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Pfumvudza Mindset the Future of Global Agric

Let me simplify the idea of Pfumvudza. Pfumvudza belongs to those applications that initially are simple and affordable. After some time, these initial simple applications are… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Big Vs. Small Agric Debate

THE announcement over last weekend by Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka that government was this week beginning the repossession of underutilised farms. The minister encouraged… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Agriculture Resuscitation Imperative for Recovery

SOON after Independence in 1980, Julius Nyerere the late founding president of Tanzania, on a visit to Zimbabwe said to Robert Mugabe, who was then the prime minister, "My… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Why Has Food Production Not Improved Despite Govt Support?

THE importance of the agriculture sector to the Zimbabwean economy and the citizens' livelihoods cannot be overemphasised. According to the World Bank (2019), the agriculture… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Funding White Farmers' Compensation

The signing of an agreement between the government and white commercial farmers whose land was dispossessed has sparked a debate on how the huge US$3,5 billion compensation would… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Farmers, Govt Haggle Over Producer Price

FARMERS who delivered their produce to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) before new prices were announced feel short-changed and now want to be paid the new prices, a demand the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Lockdown - Crops Rot in Fields

Miriam Madzivanyika, a farmer in Mazowe -- 40km north of Harare -- grows a variety of crops on their 330-hectare farm she runs with her husband. Read more »

Zimbabwe: IMF's Over-Ambitious Wheat Plan

THIS week, the focus of this installment is on two developments: The full International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV report released last week and the special winter wheat… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Indigenous Farmers Cry Foul Over New Compensation Rules

Over 300 former black commercial farmers, who lost land during the 2000 chaotic land reform programme, say the recently gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 62 of 2020 was a… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Govt Turns to Belarus to Revive Agriculture Sector

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning to parcel out vast tracts of prime horticultural land to the Belarusian government in a deal that will see the eastern European nation… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Failure to Safeguard Property Rights Cripples Agric Sector - IMF

The government's failure to safeguard property rights has crippled the agricultural sector, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mealie-Meal Black Market Economy Parable Part Two

The black market for maize-meal produced by registered millers is being openly sold in the streets at a heavily inflated price, 75% above the subsidised retail price. This… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Cotton Industry Grapples With Tough Challenges

The cotton industry in Zimbabwe has grappled with a plethora of challenges threatening its viability. Southern Cotton Company (SCC) now says there have been drawbacks when it comes… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Why the Economy Is Broken - What the Private Sector Can Do

Government has weakened itself by creating monopolies and appointing Zanu-PF officials in key positions in government departments and parastatals. The decision to do so was more… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Agriculture Sector Needs U.S.$1,2 Billion Lifeline

The 2019-2020 agricultural season has been difficult for everyone due to the extreme weather and climatic conditions which scientists interpret as part of a climate emergency on a… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Must Brace for More Challenges This Year

History seems to be repeating itself, as Zimbabwe backslides towards the 2008 calamity. Zimbabweans will experience an even more challenging year in 2020 as the country faces… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Parliament Walkouts - MPs Must Serve the National Interest

Zanu-PF legislators' decision to boycott the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) sitting where Sakunda Holdings was expected to give oral evidence regarding… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Unlocking Country's Dead Capital

Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe's economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Agriculture Crucial to Economic Recovery

The World Bank says Zimbabwe's road to economic recovery will depend on favourable rainfall, which has implications for the success or failure of the agricultural sector. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Power Utility Switches Off Defaulting Mugabe, Mutsvangwa Farms

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, last week disconnected power supplies to farms belonging to former president… Read more »