At least $10m has been set aside for the establishment of Zimbabwe’s first ever medicinal cannabis production facility in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central. Operating under the firm, NIRCAN ZW Ltd, a subsidiary of the NIRCOM A.S.I.G, […]
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) has issued $75 million in grain bills to purchase maize from farmers, the authority’s financial advisor CBZ Bank said on Monday. AMA, a government agency tasked with […]
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sep 17 2018 (IPS) – Africa needs strong political commitment to accelerate the transformation of its agricultural sector. According to the 2018 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR), Catalyzing State Capacity to Drive Agriculture Transformation, released […]
In May, the government of Zimbabwe announced a law that allows farmers to grow and sell cannabis for medical and research purposes. The country becomes only the second in Africa to permit medical marijuana, Lesotho being the first […]
President Mnangagwa yesterday met International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) director-general Dr Martin Kropff with whom he discussed ways of enhancing agricultural productivity in the face of erratic rains expected in the 2018-19 farming […]
Zimbabwe is looking to revive the cut flower industry, boosting its potential to earn around $200 million within the next three years, as industry leaders engage with global players. At its peak in 2001, the […]
SOUTH AFRICAN fast-food giant Barcelos will invest $1,5 million and open an additional four outlets in Zimbabwe over the next 12 months, according to an official. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI After opening a 100-seat restaurant in […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle’s Nespresso arm expects to buy nearly all of Zimbabwe’s top-end coffee crop from small farmers this growing season and will help the beleaguered local industry get back on its feet, the […]
HARARE, ZIMBABWE — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned Southern African officials meeting in Zimbabwe to better prepare for expected drought or risk food security. About an hour’s drive south of […]
Government has come up with a major strategy to minimise the effects of erratic rains expected in the 2018-19 agricultural season, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri said yesterday. The grand plan, he […]
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