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Women constitute 52% of Zimbabwe’s population, with over 80% living in rural areas and contributing 70% of agricultural labour. By Brenda Mazhambe Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Rural Women, with the government reaffirming its commitment to advancing gender equality, economic empowerment, and digital…
By Dickson Bandera The 2025 Zimbabwe Tobacco Industry Awards held in Harare Friday night celebrated outstanding performance, innovation, and leadership across the nation’s multi-billion-dollar tobacco value chain, with Swan Valley Group emerging as one of the key winners. Zimbabwe is celebrating a historic milestone in tobacco production, having achieved record targets that brought in $1.2…
Sorghum is one of Zimbabwe’s most important drought-tolerant crops By Dickson Bandera The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe and private sector players, has launched a pilot project aimed at modernizing sorghum production through mechanization and strengthening market linkages to improve smallholder farmers’ incomes. The initiative, known as…
By Dickson Bandera The inaugural Zimbabwe–China Tobacco Expo opened in the capital on Thursday, drawing major players across the global tobacco value chain for two days of exhibitions, trade discussions, and high-level dialogue aimed at deepening cooperation and unlocking new growth opportunities for Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector. The event, which runs from 16 to 17 October…
By Staff Reporter Harare – Zimbabwe this Friday commemorated World School Milk Day at Louis Mountbatten Primary School in Harare, coinciding with the Plastic-Free July Schools Competition awards, with government officials underscoring the dairy sector’s role in child nutrition and the country’s Vision 2030 agenda. Guest of Honour, Dr. Pious Makaya, Chief Director for the…
By Brenda Mazhambe The United Kingdom’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Dame Angela McLean, has hailed Zimbabwe’s climate-smart agriculture as a model for sustainable farming and called for deeper scientific collaboration between the two countries. During a visit to Foundations for Farming in Harare, Professor McLean toured Pfumvudza demonstration plots and praised the conservation method for…
United Kingdom’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS By Brenda Mazhambe The United Kingdom’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS, is in Zimbabwe on a high-level visit aimed at bolstering science, innovation, health, education, and climate change collaboration between the two nations. Professor McLean’s programme includes meetings with senior…
Story By Dickson BanderaInterviews & Images By Kennedy Madzianike The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA)on Thursday told a compelling story of resilience, innovation, and sound governance at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Harare, declaring that it had delivered on its mandate despite the crippling effects of the 2023/24 El Niño-induced drought. In a year…
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe H.E Zhou Ding By Dickson Bandera China has reaffirmed its commitment to driving agricultural transformation and climate resilience in Zimbabwe and the wider Global South, backing two ambitious projects that place soil and water at the centre of sustainable development. Through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)–China…
By Julius Idrissa Manganda Zimbabwe’s flagship agricultural event returns to Harare this August, bigger in scope and ambition as it marks two major milestones — the 115th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show and the 130th anniversary of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS). Taking place from August 26th to 30th under the theme “Building Bridges: Connecting Agriculture, Industry,…