Story by Davison Vandira, Business Reporter The operationalisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area has broadened Zimbabwe’s appetite to increase its export earnings in line with the objectives of…
Tag: Agriculture
Tobacco farmers smile all the way to the bank
Story by Davison Vandira THE 2023 tobacco marketing season which officially kicked off last week, started this week on a good note with a high price of five dollars sixty…
Tobacco farmers applaud RBZ forex incentive
Story by Owen Mandovha, Business Reporter TOBACCO farmers have welcomed the 85 percent foreign currency retention level recently announced by the Central Bank, saying it will cushion them against overheads…
TIMB turns down 17 tobacco buyers
Story by Tendai Munengwa 17 companies will not participate in the tobacco marketing season this year after their applications were turned down by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB)…
Cannabis production boost
Story by Tichaona Kurewa Industrial hemp farmers have commended the government for increasing the psychoactive compound in the product saying the move will attract investment in the sector and increase…
Prices of top dressing and basal fertiliser drop by 16 percent
Story by Tendai Munengwa THE price of fertiliser has gone down by 16 percent in a move attributed to the government’s import duty-free policy meant to boost production. The price…
UK demand for Zimbabwean agriculture products high
Story by Kenias Chivuzhe The increasing demand for Zimbabwean organic agriculture products in foreign markets has seen farmers in Mutasa and Nyanga working relentlessly to tap into export markets. United…
Zimbabwe forges ahead with food security projects
By Stanley James, Business Editor PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is open to working closely with China and other global partners to consolidate food security in the country and on…
96 000 tonnes of wheat delivered to GMB so far
By Tendai Munengwa HARVESTING of wheat is well on course with 96 000 tonnes of the cereal crop having been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots countrywide so…
Zimbabwe records a 17% increase in milk production
By Josephine Mugiyo ZIMBABWE’S dairy sector is on an upward trajectory with farmers noting the viability of the sector on the back of continued government support. In the last three…