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Zimbabwe on track to produce 600,000 tonnes of wheat
Zimbabwe is poised to achieve a record-breaking wheat harvest of over 600,000 tonnes, with farmers having planted 121 769 hectares this season, surpassing the national target of 120,000 hectares. ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 12:27hrs | 1 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Zimbabwe's 2023 wheat hectarage rises to 86 000
Farmers have planted wheat on 86 000 hectares this season, which is 4 000 hectares shy of the targeted 90 000 hectares, setting the stage for yet another bumper wheat harvest, Lands, Agriculture, Fish...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Contracted tobacco farmers urged to avoid double dipping
Senior Agronimist in Mashonaland Central province Lazarus Gatawa has urgerd contracted tobacco farmers to only stick to one contract company if they...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:29hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt urged to increase intwasa acreage
SENATORS have pleaded with the Agriculture ministry to increase the land under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme from the current half an acre to at least one acre for all targeted farmers for improved ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt projects increase in barley hectarage
GOVERNMENT is projecting barley hectarage to increase to 360 000 in the next three years up from the current 7 000 hectares owing to an accelerated irrigation plan that has been put in place, a govern...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crop hectarage increases by 23%
Farmers planted different crops on over 3,4 million hectares in the 2020/2021 agricultural season, driven by a good rainfall forecast, early distribution of inputs and capacitation of extension worker...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
1,9m hectares under maize
A total of 1,9 million hectares of maize was planted by farmers during the 2020/21 summer cropping season registering an increase of 24 percent from the 1,5 million hectares last season. The c...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic outlook for 2021
Zimbabwe's economy ended the year 2020 on a fairly stable note due to the return of the multi-currency regime and decline in general inflation levels in the market. Headwinds caused by incessant power...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Reviving the rural economy in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's rural economy plays a significant role in national food production, in alleviating extreme poverty and in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Zimbabwe National Stati...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 12:37hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
'Land audit vital,' says Grace Mugabe
The First Lady, Grace Mugabe says it is prudent that government continues and concludes the land audit so that genuine farmers who failed to get land can be allocated land in view of the fact that the...Published: 28 Aug 2015 at 15:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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