This year’s tobacco marketing season expected to start early
THE tobacco marketing season will open early this year to enable timely marketing and improved value realisation for farmers, a…
Category: Agribusiness
News and updates on agricultural developments, markets, and policies
Govt goes on national tour to prepare farmers for summer cropping season
GOVERNMENT has sent a team of officials to visit key crop-producing provinces in preparation for the 2025/26 summer cropping season…
‘Irrigation development critical to drive agricultural productivity’
Zimbabwe should enhance national irrigation development to boost agricultural productivity, ensure food security and cushion the sector from climate change,…
Zim sees jump in tobacco exports to Europe, Africa
A significant surge in demand for Zimbabwe’s tobacco from Europe and Africa helped offset a decline in the major Far…
High-level dialogue on agricultural revolution set
ZIMBABWE will host a high-level, invitation-only breakfast meeting next week in Harare to deliberate on agricultural revolution and value chain…
TIMB in quality push as tobacco harvest kicks off
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has urged tobacco farmers to harvest only mature leaves and strictly adhere to…
Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to curb the ris
THE Mutapa Investment Fund’s (MIF) agriculture and industrials cluster, a key driver of industrialisation and food security, has accumulated a…
Zim coffee industry ready for major transformation
Zimbabwe’s coffee industry can undergo a major transformation if the country secures structured capital to shift from exporting raw green…
Agric enters transformative phase under NDS2
THE agriculture sector is confidently entering a transformative phase under National Development Strategy 2 (NDS2) framework (2026-2030), following remarkable successes…
Kutsaga acts on tobacco early flowering
KUTSAGA Research has moved with urgency to address some farmers’ concerns on early flowering of some flue- cured Virginia tobacco…