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Collapse of cotton farming fuels HIV vulnerability in Gokwe South

Once celebrated as Zimbabwe's "white gold belt," Gokwe South is witnessing the devastating social impact of cotton farming's collapse, with the decline of the cash crop deepening community vulnerability to HIV.For decades, cotton provided …

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 08:14hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter

Cotton farmers earn over US$3 million

Zimbabwean cotton farmers have sold more than US$3 million worth of seed cotton to the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) so far this season, with the state-run firm confirming it is paying growers entirely in foreign currency.Cottco acti…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:10hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter

VFEX sees massive jump in Q1 turnover

The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) recorded a significant jump in trading activity during the first quarter of 2025, with market turnover reaching US$58.5 million â€” a 383 percent increase from US$12.11 million recorded in the same …

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:09hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Cotton farmers want immediate price talks

Zimbabwean cotton farmers are pressing the Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) to urgently initiate price negotiations for the 2025 marketing season, warning that any further delay could trigger widespread side marketing as harvesting be…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:08hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

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 Zimbabwean leader's presumed benevolence through selling the agro-based inputs on the str…

Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:15hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter

Taming inflation is an arduous task

The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) pointed that year on year (annual) inflation rate marginally increased to 51.55% in September 2021 from 50.24% in August 2021 after 8 months of straight decline from 363% recorded in Januar…

Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:13hrs | 13 | by Victor Bhoroma

Inside the cotton value chain

Cotton has been grown in Zimbabwe from as far back as 1940, even though production was enhanced after the establishment of the Cotton Marketing Board (CMB) in 1969. The white Gold is the second most important cash crop in Zimbabwe (After T…

Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | 14 | by Victor Bhoroma

Cotton is an essential cash crop

In his State of the Nation address, President Mugabe, mentioned that there is really need to consider revitalizing the agricultural sector and the agro-processing industries as a major strategy of reviving the economy.Normally cash crop fa…

Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 18:20hrs | 5 | by Chido Chikuni

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