Tobacco growers earn US$319m
Tobacco growers have earned a collective US$319 million from the sale of 133 million kilogrammes of flue-cured tobacco since the marketing season started at the end of April. This is… Read more »
Category: Agribusiness
Company engaged to revamp irrigation schemes
THE Government has engaged Maka Resources (Pvt) Limited, a local manufacturing company, to revamp and resuscitate 100 000 hectares of irrigation schemes, with priority being given to A1 and communal… Read more »
Govt rolls out nationwide beekeeping project
THE Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry has embarked on a countrywide programme to train communities on beekeeping with the aim of conserving forests and improving incomes for… Read more »
Agriculture, manufacturing value chain key to import substitution: Nzenza
GOVERNMENT is working on the agriculture recovery plan to boost output and increase the much-needed raw materials supply to the manufacturing sector, a Cabinet Minister has said. One of the… Read more »
Farmers must time loan usage: Agribank
Farmers must immediately deploy their Zimbabwe dollar loans into the acquisition of key inputs upon receiving the funds to counter the negative impact of prevailing high inflation, the Agriculture Development… Read more »
AMA goes virtual to sidestep Covid-19 disruptions
The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) says it is on the process of setting up moving virtual solutions that will allow the organisation to effectively implement its mandate following market disruptions… Read more »
Insiza District champions goat rearing project
PANGANI Vocational Training Centre in Insiza district, Matabeleland South, has championed a goat keeping project and most of the beneficiaries are youths. The student goat incubation hub project started in… Read more »
Forex auction system excites tobacco farmers
TOBACCO farmers have expressed excitement over the Foreign Currency Auction Trading System, which has seen them receiving improved payments that are closer to market value. Three weeks ago Government through… Read more »
Shiri to engage banks on agric loans
Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri says he is going to negotiate with banks that assisted farmers with loans after they hiked their interest rates to… Read more »
Farmers appeal for agent lines resumption
Frustrated cotton farmers have once again appealed to authorities to have agents’ lines of ginneries opened so that they can be paid amid concerns that continued delays was further eroding… Read more »