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Canada hails Zimbabwean farmers
Ambassador of Canada to Zimbabwe Christina Buchan appreciated the Zimbabwean farmers for implementing pest management solutions which have concrete an...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 08:36hrs | 872 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Tobacco farmers urged to do reaping, curing processes correctly to ensure good leaf quality
Small-scale tobacco growers are being urged to take heed and cure the remaining crop properly to boost the quality factor and fetch higher average pri...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 15:03hrs | 102 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Farmers embrace traditional grains
Farmers in Zvishavane are convinced that the traditional grains concept is the only way the district can be food secure following a promising bumper h...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 16:11hrs | 168 | by zbcnews.co.zw
WATCH: Govt declares quarantine... sends chemicals to contain disease
A widow and farmer Mrs Thulani Mpofu is left with only an empty kraal and cattle bells after Theileriosis, which has claimed hundreds of cattle in Ins...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 00:01hrs | 1164 | by Staff Reporter
Spilling Umguza dam reignites hope for good harvest
THE spilling of Lower Umguza Dam in Matabeleland North province has brought smiles among farmers and rekindled their hope of recording a bumper harves...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1705 | by Staff Reporter
Fort Rixon cattle carnage: Ward records 262 deaths in 1 month
A 65-year-old Fort Rixon widow has so far lost more than 50 cattle as the dreaded theileriosis, commonly known as January disease, has ravaged through...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 08:12hrs | 1329 | by Staff Reporter
Milk Production increases to 74,96 Million litres
The latest figures from the Ministry of Lands Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development's dairy services show that milk Production as of the...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 14:29hrs | 170 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Farmers divert 50 tonnes of Presidential inputs to black market
Most Gokwe farmers diverted at least 50 tonnes of Presidential inputs and these have found their way int...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 08:10hrs | 744 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe records its highest wheat harvest ever
Zimbabwe has reached a record breaking figure of 375 000 tonnes of wheat harvested this year only. Its t...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1366 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
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.Fi...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 01:02hrs | 544 | by Staff Reporter
Agronomist publishes a Shona version Tobacco farming handbook
Farmers can now read the technical advice on Tobacco growing in shona and improve their farming pr...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 20:02hrs | 452 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cotton farmers give Mnangagwa's Intwasa middle finger
Some cotton farmers who got free inputs from President's Emmerson Mnangagwa's Pfumvudza programme have chosen the most unorthodox way to pay back the ...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:15hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Farmers in Umzingwane bemoan lack of agricultural products outlets
FARMERS in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South Province, have bemoaned lack of agricultural products outlets close to them, stating that they were...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:57hrs | 260 | by Staff Reporter
Tobacco farmers to improve leaf quality
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, with special reference to small-scale farmers who now constitute more than 90% of active t...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 08:07hrs | 117 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Value project promotes access to finance for small, medium pork producers
The VALUE project is promoting access to finance for value chain upgrading for small and medium scale pork producers in 8 districts where the project ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:53hrs | 155 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo's 36-year-old farming project crippled by water shortages
IT is now 36 years since the farming project was formed at the Luveve Gam Plantation and still the...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 14:03hrs | 342 | by Stephen Jakes
Youthful Chinotimba boast of 45ha soya beans
YOUTHFUL ZANU PF Mazowe ward 34 councillor Edwin Chinotimba has taken agriculture to another level after...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 08:04hrs | 2801 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Record wheat harvest for Zimbabwe
More than 188 000 tonnes of wheat have been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), which represents a significant increase from 149 874 tonnes ...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:17hrs | 57 | by Staff Reporter
'World's best' uplifts Matabeleland South farmers
When farmers in Matabeleland South province received help on improving yields from a Zimbabwean plant scientist, little did they know that they were i...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | 117 | by Simbarashe Sithole | Alice Mangwara in Harare
WATCH: Millers donate to ZANU-PF
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) today donated food in Bindura towards the annual ZANU PF Congress to be held this month.Spe...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 14:44hrs | 34 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
GMB rebrands
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has embarked on a rebranding exercise that will see it changing its image and mandate.The changes reflect the orga...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:07hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Import Substitution: A case for soya beans
For the past 10 years, Zimbabwe has produced an average of 56 000 metric tonnes (mt) of soya beans per year against national demand of 240 000 mt for ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 15:26hrs | 79 | by Victor Bhoroma
Ministry spearheads tick-borne diseases vaccine production
THE Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Fisheries will spearhead a programme for the local production of vaccines for tick-borne diseases to red...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:47hrs | 39 | by Staff Reporter
Wheat, barley side marketing criminalised
Farmers can only sell their wheat or barley to either the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) or companies they have standing agreements with, as side marketi...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 22 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland North farmers still planting wheat
WHEAT farmers in Matabeleland North were by yesterday still planting the winter crop following late delivery of inputs especially seed. The pr...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 09:14hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Agriculture crucial towards achieving vision 2030
Agriculture remains one of the key economic sectors in Zimbabwe that has a potential to turn tables towards achieving vision 2030 as outlined in the N...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 36 | by Derick Tsimba
Desperate villagers sell cattle for US$50 as disease bites
SOME desperate villagers in Chiweshe are selling cattle for as low as US$50 as a result of the outbreak of Theileriosis, or January Disease, a tick-bo...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 51 | by Staff Reporter
Mvurwi farmer hails Command Agriculture Scheme
COMMAND Agriculture scheme has changed the life of Mvurwi farmer Prince Chipenda (42) who planted 100 he...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 29 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rains improve availability of food in the Covid-19 era
COMMUNAL farmers in Gwanda say the summer season has come with a change of fortune in the food situation at a time when most families were facing chal...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 14:05hrs | 22 | by ZBC News
Traditional grains key in maximizing production, farmers told
GROWING traditional grains in the arid and semi-arid parts of the country has been cited as crucial in mitigating against the effects of climate chang...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 14:58hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Young Farmer does wonders in 'dry' Matabeleland
Despite Matabeleland being a dry region characterised by low rainfall and recurrent droughts, 28-year-old Prosper Chikwara (28) has managed to produce...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:50hrs | 96 | by Staff Reporter
Chinotimba on Pfumvunza
FARM workers in Mazowe have embraced the Pfumvunza farming concept in a bid to curb hunger at household level.The workers received inputs in M...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 07:47hrs | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Commercial rabbit production in Zimbabwe set for a major boost as government approves imports of quality genetic pool
Raymeg Consultants Private Limited (Raymeg), a diversified Zimbabwean group, has received a permit to import hundreds of pure breed rabbits to help bo...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 22:27hrs | 29 | by Lloyd Mangoh
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, ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | 51 | by Lloyd Mangoh
732 000 farmers receive inputs
MORE than 732 000 households have received seed under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) intensifies di...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Farms deal 'complicates' Zimbabwe crisis
A LANDMARK deal recently inked between white former commercial farmers and the government of Zimbabwe will make it difficult for the country to repay ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:13hrs | 27 | by Staff Reporter
Locust outbreaks threaten food security in southern Africa
Immediate action can prevent disaster in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:42hrs | 12 | by FAOAfrica
Farmers urged to explore Namibia agriculture market
THE Government is working on encouraging the country's horticultural producers to consider exploring the fresh farm produce market in Namibia....Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:06hrs | 372 | by Staff Reporter
Panic grips Mat South farmers
Farmers in Matabeleland South have been gripped by panic after 4000 cattle have died due to drought.According to provincial livestock experts,...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1932 | by Gibson Nyathi
Women urged to venture into livestock production
Women have been challenged to venture into commercial livestock farming and desist from considering it as a male economic activity.In a patria...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 20:11hrs | 1232 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe seized my book on Tongogara's death'
FORMER President Robert Mugabe confiscated a book written by now Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri, detailing the circumstances surrounding the death ...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:36hrs | 3887 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe farmers call for cloud seeding
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) has called on Government to consider cloud seeding in the wake of the unreliable rainfall patterns character...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:33hrs | 1562 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland South to lead in agriculture revolution and devolution
MATABELELAND South is set to lead in the country's agricultural revolution emphasising on value addition as the nation implements devolution of power ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1139 | by Staff Reporter
Mwenezi doing well in agriculture though there is regular drought
Zanu PF Mwenezi legislator Priscila Moyo has said her constituency despite the fact that it is prone to drought, agriculture was rife and successful....Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:21hrs | 413 | by Stephen Jakes
Government slashes fishing permits
The government has slashed fishing licences for co-operatives in Kanyemba while granting special wildlife hunting permits in response to pleas by the ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | 2384 | by Govt slashes
Farmers hailed for ensuring food security
Farmers in Masvingo Province have been commended for working together with the government to ensure food security through the command agriculture prog...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 13:24hrs | 846 | by Staff Reporter
How to select pumps for the Food Industry?
Pumps may not be the first thing you think of when considering the food industry but they are an essential part of any operating system. Food mixtures...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 13:18hrs | 826 | by Agencies
State led contract farming in maize production and farmers' lived experiences
The dynamics of contract farming are different between food crops and cash crops with experiences, perceptions and outlook between these schemes entir...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 342 | by Stephen Jakes
UK supports South Africa land reform, says May
British Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK supports South Africa's land reform programme provided it is carried out legally.Prime Minister...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 12:43hrs | 2156 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland North targets 127k ha maize crop
Matabeleland North province is targeting to put 127 000 hectares under maize this coming agricultural season despite fears of an El Nino weather condi...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 12:40hrs | 750 | by Staff Reporter
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