LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Costs push out horticulture farmers in Zimbabwe

The Horticulture Development Council (HDC) has expressed deep concern over escalating production costs in Zimbabwe's horticulture sector, warning that the trend is driving some farmers to consider re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

NEC reviews wages for agricultural sector workers

The National Employment Council (NEC) for Zimbabwe's agricultural industry has announced an upward revision of minimum wages and allowances for workers in the sector, effective from June 1, 2025.In a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

China-aided agricultural demonstration village launched in Zimbabwe

A CHINA-aided agricultural demonstration village was officially launched last week in the Shamva District of Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe, to enhance agricultural productivity among rural fa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Agriculture NEC honoured at prestigious awards

The National Employment Council (NEC) for Agriculture has been recognised for its outstanding contributions to Zimbabwe's agricultural transformation, walking away with top honours at the 2025 Zimbabw...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Agricultural Show begins preparations for 2025 agric show

The Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) has commenced preparations for the 115th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, with this year's event set to run from August 25 to 30 under the theme "Buil...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

'Zimbabwe has huge export potential in floriculture'

Zimbabwe's national trade development and promotion agency, ZimTrade, has spotlighted floriculture as a profitable and viable agricultural venture, urging farmers to diversify into flower production t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe adapts to use technology in agriculture

Zimbabwe is rapidly transforming its agricultural sector through the adoption of agritech and climate-smart solutions as it works to combat the effects of climate change, improve yields, and reclaim i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Command Agriculture facing financial challenges

LAST week, the Government of Zimbabwe announced that its Command Agriculture programme shall look to be financed by the banking sector. The country's planting season is already upon us. Field preparat...

By Chris Chenga | Published: 30 September 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimnat and THI bring agricultural innovation to ADMA Agrishow

Zimnat and THI Insurance, which earlier this year entered into an underwriting management agency agreement with Zimnat General Insurance, are jointly participating in this year's Agricultural Dealers'...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2019

POLITICS

Chiwenga urges faith & patience in face of difficulties

GOVERNMENT is doing its best to bring about an economic turnaround and results will start showing in the coming few months, Acting President Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday. Addressing thousands o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 December 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

New funding model for Zimbabwe agriculture

Zimbabwe is prepared to provide guarantees to banks that will be financing agriculture to help plug the funding gap to the sector, according to Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube. ...

By Business Weekly | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Forex crisis weighs on Zimbabwe's command agriculture

THE deepening foreign currency crisis in Zimbabwe is hampering government's efforts to mechanise the agro sector through the Command Agriculture programme, the Office of the President and Cabinet said...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank secures $30 million for agriculture

AGRIBANK has obtained a $30 million line of credit from the Industrial Development Corporation South Africa (IDCSA) to support the agriculture sector.The facility is favourably priced at Libor +8,9 pe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Shiri takes a swipe at agricultural authority

Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Perence Shiri, has taken a swipe at the Agricultural and Marketing Authority for weak regulatory enforcement in cotton marketing, warning drastic ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa bomb: 3 people critical in ICU

TWO victims of the bomb attack at a Zanu-PF rally in Bulawayo on Saturday have died.The attack saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaping unharmed but 49 people who include Vice President Kembo Mohadi,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zim banks' difficulties in sourcing credit lines

Zimbabwean banks - which include units of Standard Bank, Nedbank and Standard Chartered - are facing challenges in sourcing lines of credit, and this has seen their foreign liabilities declining, poin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 June 2018

POLITICS

Command Agriculture not permanent, says Shiri

Zimbabwe's successful agro-import substitution programme, Command Agriculture, will not be a permanent feature and will be phased out once Government is convinced farmers can now mobilise own funding,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's first agricultural investment platform

UK based Mitah Group Ltd owned by Zimbabwean born entrepreneur Mr Michael Matope launches www.Farmvest.biz . Farmvest.biz - is Zimbabwe's first Agricultural investment Platform, it aims revolutionize ...

By Agencies | Published: 05 June 2018

EDUCATION

Schools still to get new curriculum textbooks

SOME provinces are yet to receive teaching and learning material made available by the Government in February, a development that severely disadvantages affected learners under the new education curri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 June 2018

POLITICS

$500m for Agriculture

Close to half a billion dollars has been secured for the 2018/2019 summer cropping season, as Government works towards food security and ensuring that the country's agro-based economy gets back on the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Horticulture set to surpass $143m

Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) director Jeremiah Tevera, said surpassing the $143 million mark was achievable given the abundance of resources in the country as well as the industrious labou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Command Agriculture requires $1,3 billion

Zimbabwe's main agro-import substitution programme, commonly referred to as Command Agriculture, requires close to $1,3 billion to take off as the country steps up efforts to raise local production an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF MP in ICU

Member of Parliament for Mhondoro-Ngezi and socialite, Mike Gava, is reportedly unwell and is in Intensive Care Unit at a local hospital.Close family members confirmed that the legislator's condition ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa ridiculed for chaotic UK campaign

ZIMBABWEANS have lampooned opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa following his shambolic tour to the United Kingdom where he campaigned ahead of watershed elections set for later this year (July /August)....

By CAJ News | Published: 15 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Command Livestock Scheme gets rolling

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday handed over the first batch of 200 heifers to 66 cattle farmers from two provinces of Matabeleland North and South under the $300 million Command Livestoc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 April 2018
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