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Monalisa Chikwengo PROGRAMMES under the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority’s (ARDA) Vision 2030 accelerator schemes have brought a new wave of hope and prosperity to communities in Matabeleland North Province with Phaphamani Irrigation Scheme in Umguza district, for instance, having already achieved a major milestone by passing the minimum income per capita of US$4 000 […]

Elton Manguwo THE Government’s thrust to treat farming as a business has influenced farmers to adopt sustainable production methods and grow market-driven crops for profitability, thanks to the establishment of partnerships between farmers and with value chain led enterprises in most cases. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development permanent secretary Dr John Basera revealed […]

Elton Manguwo COTTON farmers must actively participate in the value addition and beneficiation of the crop in line with the country’s current push to strengthen crop value chains and set the economy on a positive growth trajectory towards achieving rural industrialisation and development. Speaking during the launch of the cotton marketing season in Mahuwe recently, […]

Monalisa Chikwengo THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has announced plans to undertake a comprehensive review of the auction and contract compliance frameworks ahead of the 2023/24 production and marketing season with a view to identify areas needing improvements to enhance their efficiency, transparency and overall effectiveness.  In a statement directed to licenced auction […]

Monalisa Chikwengo MANY households in Masvingo have in recent times recorded improved access to high quality seeds that are slowly transforming the agricultural production landscape for the better, thanks to the Seeds for Future (SEFF) project that will be rolled out for three years by the Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) after getting underway in […]

Elton Manguwo THE Government’s push to industrialise and develop rural economies through agriculture recently got more traction following the introduction of Statutory Instrument 56 of 2023 that will set the stage for agricultural growth and increased access to markets by farmers. Speaking during an interview, Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Services (ARDAS) Chief Director Professor […]

Monalisa Chikwengo ZIMBABWE’S pig farming industry has recorded phenomenal growth after the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP) imported 245 top quality genetics under the Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment (VALUE) project in 2020, that Have since farrowed 8 100 piglets reinforcing prospects for a bright future for the sector. The imported genetics […]

Africa Moyo in SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt Zimbabwe has saved up to US$300 million in import costs following a record wheat harvest last year of over 375 000 tonnes, and is working hard to ensure a lot more wheat is delivered this year, President Mnangagwa has said. He was speaking during the roundtable meeting on Zimbabwe’s […]

Precious Manomano-Herald Reporter The country is expecting a bumper harvest in terms of cereals from increased hectarage planted during the good rains of the 2022-23 summer cropping season, refilling the grain reserves while for the third straight year, there will be no imports of maize and traditional grains. At the same time Zimbabwe has reached […]

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Monalisa Chikwengo THE citrus industry is on a positive growth trajectory with hectarage for oranges increasing from 4 124 hectares to 4 174 hectares in the 2022/23 season while lemons expanded from 1691 hectares to 1706 hectares, marking one percent change for both products, the Government has revealed. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development […]

Elton Manguwo ZIMBABWE’S achievement of wheat self-sufficiency in the 2022 season will have ripple effects in the region with a delegation from neighbouring Mozambique that was recently in the country confirming that the move was going to help them cut on import costs alongside Zimbabwe. Speaking during a tour Nyathi Mhenyu Farm in Banket recently, […]

BETTER coordination of processes on the backdrop of an early start to the 2023 winter wheat season has enabled farmers to plant 29 992 hectares of the cereal to date, which marks a 100 percent difference from the 15 000ha that had been planted during the corresponding period last season.

REGISTRATION of beneficiaries under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme for the 2023/24 season is underway amid calls by the Government for farmers to diligently stick to the basic principles of the concept on the backdrop of projections of a lesser wet season compared to the just-ended one.

Monalisa Chikwengo EFFORTS to boost the performance of the livestock sector in line with the country’s livestock recovery programmes continue to gain traction with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in partnership with the Enhanced Resilience for Vulnerable Households in Zimbabwe (ERVHIZ) project hosting a two-day symposium in Bulawayo to address challenges of rangeland degradation […]