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Tobacco farmers urged to adopt sustainable practices

Centenary - Tobacco farmers have been called upon to adopt environmentally sustainable farming practices to reduce the adverse effects of tobacco production on Zimbabwe's forests and water bodies.Speaking during a field engagement in Masho…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 20:27hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Chinehasha Agricultural Show - a show most people will remember for many years.

Chinehasha Agricultural Show roared into life on the 28th of June 2025. This year the show was far much bigger and better than last year with more exhibitors joining the annual event. In the Exhibition Hall were an array of quality agricul…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:35hrs | | by Tondo Thomas Murisa Chinehasha

Farmer loses cattle to rustlers

A Mvurwi farmer is counting losses after three of her cattle were stolen from her cattle pen before being slaughtered meters away from her house.Magret Manyika (56) of Plot 33 Prangamere farm in Mvurwi lost her cattle to unknown cattle rus…

Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 21:55hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Tobacco farmers urged to prepare their lands for better yields

Mashonaland Central province senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to decide on their cropping program and do early deep ploughing on the field and seedbed sites they intend to plant tobacco in the upcoming 2025-26 agr…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 22:51hrs | | by Paul Ndou

Hard work pays - farming is good business

The 1924/25 tobacco farming season was a resounding success for both the farmers and country. Growing tobacco is labour intensive but the rewards and profits far outweigh the moments when shoulders are put to the wheel.In Chiweshe, Ward 3 …

Published: 07 May 2025 at 19:42hrs | | by Tondo Murisa

Zadzamatura projects bumper harvest, as winter wheat cropping nears

Fast growing agricultural seeds company, Tocek Zadzamatura has projected a bumper harvest from 2024/25 farming season throughout the country (from contracted and non-contracted farmers who use their varieties), whilst also targeting to sur…

Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 10:35hrs | | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Mhondoro

Shun Sidemarketing, tobacco farmers warned

Contracted tobacco farmers have been warned to shun side marketing by senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa while urging them to fulfill their contractual obligations and deliver all their crops to the merchant who contracted them and avoid con…

Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 12:16hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

SEEDCO, ZRP warn culprits distributing counterfeit seeds

In the wake of 2024/25 farming season, certified seeds distribution and supply giant, SEEDCO Limited has joined hands with Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to thwart incidences of illegal selling of counterfeit seeds to unsuspecting farmers …

Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 22:15hrs | | by Gideon Madzikatidze

Early deep ploughing now a prerequisite for better yields, tobacco farmers urged

Mashonaland Central province senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers  to do early deep ploughing on the land and seedbed sites they intend to plant tobacco in the 2024-25 agricultural season before their fields dry …

Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 06:48hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

UNDP implementing 21 new irrigation schemes to minimize El Nino effects

March 25th, Harare, Zimbabwe - Benefiting over 2,180 households in rural Zimbabwe, UNDP is partnering with the Ministry of Agriculture to implement 'Building Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agricultural Livelihoods in Southern Zimbabwe Bu…

Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | | by Agencies

Side-marketing a big threat to tobacco contracting companies

With tobacco auction floors opening this week senior agronomist Lazarus  Gatawa has urged all tobacco farmers who are contracted to honor their contractual obligations and deliver all their crop to the merchant who contracted them and…

Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Smallholder farmers to benefit from US$15 million loan

SMALLHOLDER farmers will soon benefit from a US$15 million loan obtained by the Government from the OPEC Fund for International Development.Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube last week gazetted the loan agreem…

Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 01:02hrs | 192 | by Staff Reporter

Zicorba ushers the majority of Zimbabweans into commercial rabbit production

The Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association (Zicorba) was mooted in June 2020 by a group of like-minded persons during a WhatsApp discussion, setting a stage for what has become household name in rabbit production in Zimbabwe. "The…

Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | | by Lloyd Mangoh

Locust outbreaks threaten food security in southern Africa

Immediate action can prevent disaster in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and ZimbabweOutbreaks of African Migratory Locust (AML) are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of people in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, …

Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:42hrs | | by FAOAfrica

Chicken prices fall as poultry farmers increase production

THE price of chicken has fallen from $4 per kilogramme to an average of $3,50 per kilogramme as poultry farmers have increased production after recovering from the effects of bird flu and drop in prices of stock feed.In an interview, Zimba…

Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Former Agric minister looted farm equipment worth millions

FORMER Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made allegedly looted farm equipment and inputs worth millions of dollars, which he hid at his Tara Farm in Headlands, Manicaland Province.The implements inclu…

Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter

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