Tobacco auction days cut
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has reduced the number of auction days to three per week, with farmers being advised to speed up grading and deliveries of the… Read more »
Category: Agribusiness
New techniques enhance agric efficiency
THE Government has embarked on an aggressive drive to modernise agriculture through innovations and the introduction of new technologies in partnership with the EU-funded Zimbabwe Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation services… Read more »
ZWL$3bn for Presidential Input Support Scheme
THE Government is prioritising the agricultural sector as food shortages continue to bedevil the country and has set aside $3 billion for the Presidential Input Support Scheme to ensure early… Read more »
Sesame seed export window for Zim farmers
ZIMBABWEAN farmers could generate sustainable revenue from growing and exporting sesame oil seed. The cash crop is one of the high value agricultural produce that could add impetus to exports… Read more »
GMB maize deliveries top 110 000 tonnes
Farmers have so far delivered 110 000 tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and are continuing to be paid the bonus for early deliveries. The better prices,… Read more »
Utilise land or lose it — VP Chiwenga
FARMERS not using their farms fully risk having them repossessed or reduced to sizes they can use productively, so agricultural production can rise and play a pivotal role in the… Read more »
Matabeleland farmers embrace conservation agriculture
More than one million farmers have so far been trained on conservation agriculture commonly referred to as “Pfumvudza”. The Government targets to train 1,8 million farmers by mid-September. Farmers in… Read more »
Project Kilimanjaro moves mountains
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed, Hippo Valley Estates Limited, has cleared more than 67 percent of the 4 000 hectares of virgin land availed for the famed Project Kilimanjaro that is… Read more »
Focus shifts to export marketing for Agritex officers
In response to the Government’s calls to boost export earnings, the Chibero Agricultural Centre of Excellence in partnership with ZimTrade recently hosted an export development seminar for Agritex officers. The… Read more »
Pfumvudza farmers register for inputs
THE Government has trained 715 000 farmers countrywide for conservation farming popularly known as Pfumvudza with most farmers already registering for the Presidential Inputs Scheme. This comes as input suppliers… Read more »