Cotton buying season kicks off next week
The 2024 cotton buying season is set to open next Monday, with cotton companies finalising the process of obtaining their buying licenses. “The season is beginning on June 3, (2024) … Read More
Category: Agribusiness
Youth organisation seeks to boost fish production
ZIMBABWEAN youths have the potential to benefit from fish farming by creating job opportunities and promoting food and nutrition security in communities. The Government has main-streamed fisheries and aquaculture within … Read More
Local firm introduces rabbit polony
THE country’s biggest rabbit abattoir and meat processor, Raymeg Consultants (Pvt) Ltd, has added polony to a wide variety of rabbit meat-based products it offers for the local market. The … Read More
Goat kid management tips from pregnancy to weaning
Last Saturday, just as the sun dipped gracefully into the horizon, farmer Buhle found herself dialling the number of her neighbour and fellow goat farmer, Nyasha. In a trembling voice … Read More
AVCZ sets up across cotton value chain
Agri Value Chain Zimbabwe (AVCZ), has established a presence across a large segment of the cotton value chain, spanning from financing cotton through to textiles, which is expected to optimise … Read More
Dairy processors hail RAFFS project
AfCFTA is an African Union-driven programme to promote intra-African trade and boost economies on the continent. The RAFF project, spearheaded by the African Union-InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and … Read More
Zim horticultural output jumps 13pc
Zimbabwe’s annual horticultural crops are flourishing, with production increasing by 13 percent during the 2023/24 season compared to the previous season, according to the Second Round of Crops, Livestock and … Read More
Technology firm launches tobacco digital platform
TECHNOLOGY company, ModernLeaf AI has launched a digital platform for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry to help increase productivity for growers and exporters across the tobacco value … Read More
Zimbabwe says 1,300 white farmers who lost land seek payouts
About 1,300 White Zimbabwean commercial farmers, whose land was acquired for redistribution to the landless majority in the early 2000s, have signed up to receive compensation and those who qualify … Read More
US$37m loan boost for Zimbabwe agriculture sector
GOVERNMENT has secured a US$37 million loan from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad), which is meant to enhance agriculture production and productivity. The initiative by Ifad is focused … Read More
