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Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in Zimbabwe.
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Op-Ed
WFP in partnership with USAID to boost food security in Zimbabwe
The World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has started rolling out…
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News
Zimbabwe’s farmers feel the heat of fires – and of price hikes
An extended dry season, runaway wildfires and a lack of foreign currency for maize seed, fertilizer and fuel suggest Zimbabwe’s…
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Crops
Pure Oil invests $9 million in soya farming
Pure Oil Industries, one of Zimbabwe’s major cooking oil producers, says it has invested $9 million towards supporting contract farmers…
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Crops
Tobacco farmers urged to diversify
The tobacco sector is encouraging farmers to diversify into other high value export crops such as chia, an oil seed,…
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Business
ZADT disburses $87 million to small-holder farmers and agribusinesses
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Development Trust (ZADT) has disbursed $87,5 million to almost 530 000 small-holder farmers and agribusinesses, as it…
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Crops
Wheat supply remains critical
Zimbabwe’s wheat supplies remain critical due to logistical challenges arising from failure by the National Railway of Zimbabwe to speedily…
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Crops
Zimbabwe grain deliveries top 1.1 million tonnes
Zimbabwe will not import maize as it has become food secure, with farmers having so far delivered 1,1 million tonnes…
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Future of Farming
FAO calls for modernisation of Agric
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has recommended stimulation of the private sector in the uptake of agricultural produce in…
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