Over US$800m set aside for summer cropping season
Talkmore Gandiwa
Government has set aside over US$600 million for the 2023/24 farming season while the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe has committed $68 billion and US$160 million.
In his post-Cabinet briefing this afternoon, Information Minister Dr...
Govt to conclude food distribution exercise to vulnerable this week
Walter Mhlanga
HARARE – Government will this week conclude the food distribution exercise to vulnerable people in all 60 rural districts across the country, the Ministry of Public Service , Labour and Social Welfare spokesperson,...
TIMB licences Cavendish Tobacco to support Shisha production
By Talkmore Gandiwa
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has licensed Cavendish Lloyd Tobacco to contract and support shisha tobacco production in Zimbabwe. Shisha is a type of combustible tobacco that has low nicotine...
500 farmers have 99-Year Leases out of the 23 000
Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Masuka has revealed that 500 farmers out of the 23 000 have received 99-year leases from the government.
He was responding to a question...
Heavy rains weigh down January milk production
Talkmore Gandiwa
HARARE - Heavy rains weighed down milk production in January with the figures from the Ministry of Agricultural showing a 2.22% drop to 8.1 million liters from 8.3 million litres recorded in December....
Spear Capital to invest in Greenwave Milling
HARARE - Spear Capital has concluded an investment deal with Greenwave Milling, a manufacturer and distributor of quality high-value basic commodities throughout Zimbabwe.
Previously part of the Metro Group, which is already a Spear Capital...
Government wheat scheme propels SeedCo Q3 sales volume
HARARE - ZSE-listed seed producer, SeedCo limited recorded substantial growth in sales volumes during the nine months to December and Q3-23 thanks to government's wheat program which resulted in the group realizing record local...
Govt announces 2022/23 pre-planting producer prices
Itai Ndongwe
The government has set the pre-planting producer prices for strategic commodities for the summer season of 2022/ 2023 in US dollars with maize set at US$335 per tonne in a new pricing model,...
Parly Summons Masuka & Mthuli Over Late Wheat Payments
Parliament has summoned Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka and Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof Mthuli Ncube to come up with a ministerial statement over the delay in payment of wheat farmers
Rising on a matter...
