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Edgar Vhera-Agriculture Specialist Writer AMID the country’s push to achieve a US$1 billion horticulture industry by 2030, the tea and coffee sub-sectors have maintained a four-year streak of grossing the most export earnings. Products under the horticulture industry include vegetables, flowers, nuts, deciduous fruits, avocados, citrus, berries, tea and coffee, spices and herbs and other […]
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Ashton Mutyavaviri THE Government is targeting to produce 300 000 doses of January disease vaccine, 20 percent up from last year’s 250 000, as efforts to rebuild and protect the national herd escalate. In an interview yesterday, the acting director in the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), Dr Chenai Majuru said they had noticed a […]
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Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has urged wheat farmers to ensure they register for uninterrupted water and electricity supplies for 2024 winter season by April 19, 2024, as the country targets to plant 120 000 hectares. In an X (formerly twitter) post titled: ‘Notice of registration for wheat farmers,’ AMA said […]
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Product Description Price Potato/Pocket Chat US$4-US$5 Small US$6-US$8 Medium US$9-US$10 Large US$11-US$12 Extra large US$13 Tomatoes 30kg sandak US$10-US$16 Wooden box US$2-US$4 Plastic dish US$1 Vegetables Cabbage head US$0,50-US$1 Covo/bundle US$3-US$4 Rape/bundle US$3 Tsunga/bundle US$3 Red cabbage US$0,50 Beetroot/bundle US$1-US$2 Onions -10kg pocket US$7-US$8 White Onions 30KG US$20-US$25 Mushroom wild/5L TIN Cauliflower/kg US$2-US$2,50 Brocoli/kg US$2 […]
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Tariro Stacey Gatsi THE Zimbabwe Sugar Association (ZSA) is optimistic they can produce enough sugar to satiate national demand and quash the need to increase the commodity’s price, as the country’s efforts to boost food security continue. In a recent press statement, ZSA advised all stakeholders and the general public that the recommended unit […]
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Fildah Gwati THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged African nations to capitalise on the ongoing Agrifood systems transformation to revolutionise their food systems and making them more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. The upcoming 33rd Session of the FAO Regional Ministerial Conference for Africa (ARC33), scheduled to take place in Morocco from 18 […]
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Ashton Mutyavaviri GOVERNMENT’S efforts to address food security and bolster agricultural productivity are intensifying with 2 337 324 households receiving 2 337 324 vegetable combo seed packs under the Presidential Vegetable Combo Packs since the start of 2023/24 season. The vegetable combo comprises one gramme each of tomato, onion, carrot, rape and cabbage. Lands, Agriculture, […]
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FOLLOWING the rains being experienced in parts of the country, farmers’ unions have urged farmers to take advantage of the subsequent moist soils to do early land preparation for the 2024/25 cropping season.
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Ashton Mutyavaviri GOVERNMENT’S strategic interventions to promote agricultural productivity are bearing fruit with the pig industry recording a 49 percent growth in the past three years.
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THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has warned farmers against side-marketing saying the practice could ruin the season whose earnings and tobacco volumes had by Day 18 eclipsed last year’s records by 43 and 22 percent respectively.
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Potato/Pocket Chat US$4-US$6 Small US$5- US$6 Medium US$8-US$10 Large US$11-US$12 Extra large US$13-US$14 Tomatoes 30kg sandak US$10-US$16 Wooden box US$2-US$4 Plastic dish US$1 Vegetables Cabbage head US$0,50-US$1 Covo/bundle US$4-US$5 Rape/bundle US$3 Tsunga/bundle US$3 Red cabbage US$0,50 Beetroot/bundle US$1 Muboora/bundle Onions -10kg pocket US$7-US$9 Red onion US$10 Mushroom wild/bucket Cauliflower/kg US$2- US$2,50 Brocoli/kg US$2,50 Ginger/kg US$3 […]
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Ashton Mutyavaviri GOVERNMENT is working with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to review the food security situation and outlook in the country to come up with the appropriate response strategies and mechanisms. This comes as President Mnangagwa last week declared a state of disaster due to the El Nino-inspired drought that is threatening the […]
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Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer AFTER a modest rise from US$0, 70 per kilogramme at start of the 2024 season to the current US$0, 90 to US$1, 20, prices of macadamia nuts have still remained below the production cost. This comes as farmers have sent a distress call to Government to intervene in setting a […]
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Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer TOBACCO farmers have pocketed US$143 million from the sale of 41 million kilogramme of flue-cured tobacco at both the auction and contract floors, as trading entered Day 17 with the average price rising by 13 percent. Statistics from Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show that farmers have so far pocketed […]
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Mangaliso Lawrence Kabulika GOVERNMENT’S drive to prepare youths to seamlessly take over the agricultural production processes from ageing farmers continues to gain traction with 200 young people currently attending a capacity building programme at Mazowe Bridge, Mashonaland Central. The training programme that got underway on Sunday is expected to run until April 12, 2024. At […]