Zimbabwe expecting good quality tobacco leaf despite poor rainfall
New Zimbabwe HARARE: Despite an expected reduction in tobacco output this year, Zimbabwe is expecting good quality tobacco leaf which should in turn attract higher...
Tobacco farmers urged to improve barns
Newsday SMALL-SCALE tobacco farmers have been urged to raise their barn capacity and technical efficiency to improve the quality of their crop. “For small-scale tobacco...
Climate change reduces agric productivity’
Newsday ZIMBABWE’s food security situation is under threat from climate change after the country experienced successive droughts owing to increased temperatures and low rainfall. The...
Cottco bemoans high production costs
Newsday STATE-RUN cotton dealer, Cottco, has said rising production costs and exchange rate volatilities, which have wreaked havoc on the economy, piled pressure on its...
Govt projects 10% growth in agric sector
Newsday GOVERNMENT has projected a 10% growth in the agricultural sector during the 2021/22 farming season, an official has said. Agriculture has been contributing 34%...
Farmers dump cotton farming over low lint prices
Newsday COTTON farmers in Gokwe have decried low cotton prices which have been pegged at US$0,30 per kilogramme, saying this was discouraging them from participating...
CFI in deal to expand farmers’ markets
BY FREEMAN MAKOPACFI Holdings Limited has signed an agreement with the Federation of Young Farmers Clubs Zimbabwe (FYFCZ) to provide farmers with a market for...
Irvine’s commissions one-stop farm fresh shop
Newsday LEADING poultry producer, Irvine’s Zimbabwe yesterday introduced a new one-stop farm-fresh shop, which will cater for the growing demand for poultry products in the...
Tobacco Sales Floor volumes rise 143%
Newsday ZIMBABWE’S biggest tobacco auction firm, Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF), says volumes rose by 143% during the third quarter ended July 31, 2021, in line...
Govt urged to increase Pfumvudza acreage
Newsday SENATORS have pleaded with the Agriculture ministry to increase the land under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme from the current half an acre to at least...