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By Dickson Bandera Berlin, Germany – Zimbabwe is making waves on the global agricultural stage, and nowhere was this more evident than at the renowned Fruit Logistica trade fair in Berlin, Germany. The event, one of the largest gatherings of fresh produce suppliers in the world, provided Zimbabwe with a platform to showcase the quality,…
By Dickson Bandera and Bradley Mhungu Imagine a Zimbabwe where factories hum day and night, where farms export finished products instead of raw materials, where highways and railways connect production hubs to regional markets, and where Zimbabwean skills, qualifications and innovations command respect across borders. Picture cities sustained by reliable infrastructure, children learning with digital…
By Reginald Tapfumaneyi A Monitoring and Evaluation Mission comprising Indonesian experts currently in Zimbabwe has taken its assessments to Masvingo Province, where early findings show strong progress — with nearly 90% of tests conducted on visited farms indicating high efficiency. At Chinombe Farm, 27 cattle are confirmed pregnant, demonstrating the effectiveness of the Artificial Insemination…
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…