Category: Agriculture

Processed exports 2020 best performer…Sugar, fruit juices, pastry products top exports Chronicle 3/3/2021   Business Reporter PROCESSED foods were best performing exports from Zimbabwe in 2020, after recording a weighty 17,96 increase despite the heavy strain from the Covid-19 pandemic related challenges that disrupted global trade. Local exports saw serious disruptions in the movement across …

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IT graduate who quit job to keep bees has no regrets   Chronicle 2/3/2021  Mr Welcome Bhila Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter HONEY bees are generally considered to be dangerous and the venom from their sting can cause a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction. However, despite their sting, the little insects have brought a new buzz to …

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Exemption letters no longer required…Level Four lockdown regulations relaxed    Chronicle 2/3/2021 President Mnangagwa Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter CITIZENS no longer need exemption letters for movement while intercity travel is now permissible with businesses including the informal sector allowed to operate up to 7PM after Government relaxed Level Four lockdown regulations. The curfew, which previously …

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Cotton farmers project 135% growth – The Zimbabwe Independent 27/2/2021 ZIMBABWE’S cotton farmers are targeting to produce more than 200 000 metric tonnes (mt) of white gold this year, riding on good rains and easier access to inputs. This represents a 135% increase in output compared to the 85 000mt produced last year. Cotton Producers …

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RBZ backtracks on farmers’ forex retention thresholds Standard 28/2/2021 BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been forced to raise foreign currency retention thresholds for tobacco producers by 10% following pressure from farmers. RBZ also scrapped the compulsory liquidation of the retained forex amount by the tobacco farmers, but this has done …

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Tobacco farmers expect more forex    Herald 1/3/2021 Dr Matibiri Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Preparations for the 2021 tobacco marketing season are at an advanced stage, with tobacco growers expecting improved earnings. Farmers want an increase in foreign currency retention from 50 percent to between 70 percent and 80 percent. In the 2020 tobacco marketing …

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Govt moves to rescue winter maize Herald 1/3/2021   Security guards protect winter maize ready for harvesting at Hippo Valley estates in Chiredzi recently. — Picture: George Maponga George Maponga in CHIREDZI Government has intervened to save 18 000 tonnes of winter maize crop in the Lowveld from wasting away in the fields by deploying …

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Traditional grains harvest to hit record levels Herald 1/3/2021   Minister Masuka George Maponga in CHIREDZI Zimbabwe is on course for a record traditional grains harvest of 500 000 tonnes this year as the country inches towards attaining food security on the back of the highly successful Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme. The anticipated bumper harvest also comes …

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Time to harness potential in traditional medicine, herbs Sunday Mail 28/2/2021   Zumbani has been used to treat an array of ailments for a long time, which will continue solicitating demand for the product Trade Focus Allan Majuru WHO would ever thought zumbani/umsuzwane (lippia javanica) would dominate discussions on home remedies for the coronavirus in …

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Gwayi-Shangani greenbelt identified   Chronicle 1/3/2021  A section of the Gwayi-Shangani dam to Bulawayo pipeline Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has identified a vast track of irrigable land covering 10 000 hectares along the Gwayi-Shangani-Bulawayo pipeline and localised the construction of the pipeline resulting in cutting the initial estimated cost of $1, 2 billion by …

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