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China donates US$16 million in food aid to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe received US$16 million in emergency food assistance from China in 2023 to cushion vulnerable communities from the impact of the El Niño-induced drought, Chinese Ambassador Zhou Ding revealed...Published: 17 May 2025 at 14:00hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
GMB maize stocks fall
MAIZE stocks have declined in the nation's reserves at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots dotted across the country, and this may worsen food insecurity situation at a time when inflation and currency...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Effective rains expected within the next two weeks
Even with the El-Nino, weather and agricultural experts forecast that most of the dry regions of Southern Africa are expected to receive effective rains within the next two weeks.The experts u...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:30hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Farmers struggle to service loans
FARMERS, who obtained loans through the CBZ Bank Agro Yield programme to finance their businesses during the last three farming seasons are having difficulty in repaying them, with official data showi...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zesa dedicates 120MW for winter wheat farming
With planting of the 2023 winter wheat already underway in some parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has pledged to provide uninterrupted electricity to farmers to al...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Maize farmers plead for a 50% USD payment
FARMERS are pleading with the Grain Marketing Board to raise to 50% United States dollar (USD) offer to maize farmers.Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) president Abdul Nyathi: "We welcome the...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Basics run out of Zimbabwe shelves
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent economic pronouncements have reportedly triggered a shortage of most locally-manufactured basic commodities in most retail shops...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Duty on basics lowered
Government has lowered duty for people with free funds to import basic groceries, as one of the measures to contain price rises of basic commodities triggered by manufacturers and importers that have ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pig producers struggle for maize supplies
SMALLHOLDER pig producers, accounting for 80% of the country's pig producers, are reportedly struggling to access maize as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has not availed an allocation for them, rende...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba intra-elite fights: Workers must seize the moment
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi's unhinged, incendiary attack not only on perceived opposition-nominated judges but in particular "securocrat" stalwart High court Jud...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Munyaradzi Gwisai
Heavy rains leave farmers at crossroads
After getting off to a sluggish start dominated by a long dry spell for the better part of the first half (October to December 2020), the 2020/21 farming season has since metamorphosed into a term wit...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Farmworkers demand forex
FARM workers say the government must consider paying farmers in foreign currency for deliveries of cash crops so that the producers can pay their workers reasonable wages.Raymond Sixpence, a P...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambican national caught stealing maize in Zimbabwe
A 20-Year-Old Mozambican national was allegedly caught stealing maize at night in Omeath farm in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central yesterday.Givemore Arumando was reportedly stealing and shelling ma...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZimAsset has surpassed 2 million jobs, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, last week we launched two key projects that fall under the infrastructural development cluster of our Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by CZ
Maize farmers duped in Mashonaland Central
Maize farmers in Mbire district Mashonaland Central province are crying foul after they were allegedly robbed of their maize before they harvested.Farmers who spoke to Bulawayo24.com said they...Published: 07 May 2017 at 12:50hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grand coalition of zeros is grand defeat for opposition
President Mugabe addresses the 105th Ordinary Session of the Zanu-PF Central Committee in Harare yesterdayWe publish here the full text of the speech made by ...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 11:59hrs | 16 | by Comrade R.G. Mugabe
American insurance company ventures into Zimbabwe
American insurance firm, Blue Marble micro insurance is set to launch its venture in Zimbabwe after this month. The company, a consortium of 8 companies established in 2015 with the aim of...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maize deliveries leap 231%
An improved maize and small grains producer price has spurred deliveries of maize to the GMB by 231% when compared with the quantities delivered during the same period last year, Agriculture, Mechani...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Farmers should not sublet their land to others
The land reform program which brought on board new farmers countrywide has started yielding commendable results with the tobacco and maize farmers mapping the restoration of Zimbabwe as the food baske...Published: 09 Jul 2014 at 09:53hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
11 Bulawayo millers close shop
11 millers have closed shop or downsized in Bulawayo due to an avalanche of cheap maize imports from South Africa, the Grain Millers Association said yesterday. The closure of the milling ...Published: 29 May 2014 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Manicaland farmers threaten not to sell maize to GMB
MUTARE - Farmers in Manicaland have vowed to stop selling their maize to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) following the announcement of the new producer price which they described as meagre.The gov...Published: 03 May 2014 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Maize price unattractive and below farmers' expectations
THE recently announced GMB buying price of US$378,86 per tonne for the 2013-14 marketing season, up 28 percent from last season's figure of US$265, remains unattractive and below farmers' expectations...Published: 03 Aug 2013 at 02:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Stakeholders call on Zim govt to appreciate maize farmers
Stakeholders and experts in Zimbabwe's agriculture sector have called on government to come with incentive mechanisms to encourage most farmers who have dumped maize for highly profitable cash crops ...Published: 12 May 2012 at 00:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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