By Edgar Vhera HORTICULTURE export earnings have remained static at US$71 million for the period January to November 2022 compared to the same period the previous year with 121 million kilogrammes of horticulture products being sold versus 127 million kilogrammes in 2021. Statistics availed by ZimStats yesterday exposed the development, which highlighted that the average ...

By Elton Manguwo The Government yesterday announced plans to roll out the first round of the Crop and Livestock Assessment from January 20 to 30, 2023 that is designed to avail early information on the season’s progress in relation to the national agricultural and food security targets. Speaking during a press briefing at the Ministry ...

Zimbabwe has registered its largest wheat harvest in 2022, 375,000 tons, making the austral African country a self-sufficient agricultural powerhouse. With 375 thousand tons of wheat harvest registered for 2022, Zimbabwe is set to become a self-sufficient agricultural powerhouse. A unique performance in Africa. The harvest in 2022 was 13% higher than the previous year, ...

Zimbabwe Records its Highest Wheat Harvest this Agricultural Production Year -By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh “We have the biggest yield this year since wheat started. This year, Government has not only empowered the farmers, but the consumers as well in product supply and price stability. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has caused serious problems for us. Partnerships with ...

By Jeffrey Moyo Mberengwa — In 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it valueless, then 54-year-old Langton Musaigwa of Mataruse village west of Zimbabwe in Mberengwa district switched to cattle as his currency. He wasn’t alone; scores of other villagers in his locality followed suit. In no time, cattle became a new currency ...

By Precious Manomano Zimbabwe is targeting increase in high value horticultural products for export markets to create more jobs and continuing to diversify its agricultural production base and increased production for local markets to give consumers a wider range of produce. Horticulture exports last season grew by 6,8 percent to US$64,6 million from US$59,5 million ...

By Precious Manomano More than 74 000 hectares have so far been put under summer crops, with experts advising farmers to speed up planting to ensure a bumper harvest in all crops. Farmers have also been advised to spread their cropping to include maize, cotton, traditional grains and tobacco plus late season crops such as ...