Spinners suffocate as 90% lint leaves Zim
These figures contravene government policy requiring 70% of domestic lint to be shipped to international destinations.
By Mthandazo Nyoni
22h ago
Cotton output declines
In the 2021/22 season, farmers produced 57 000 tonnes of the crop as compared to 137 762 tonnes produced during the 2020/21 marketing season, a 59% drop.
By Freeman Makopa and Mthandazo Nyoni
Jan. 24, 2023
Climate change stoking veld fires
Jolted by the accident, the government announced a raft of measures to strongly and effectively reduce the risk of veld fires.
By Sydney Kawadza and Elma Zhoya
Jan. 20, 2023
Why Zim persistently ranks high on inflation
In the SADC region, Harare has largely been a pace setter on high inflation since 2018.
By Victor Bhoroma
Jan. 20, 2023
A case for the mushroom sector
Zimbabwe is so blessed that it is a natural home of mushroom, where the food crop is harvested from the wild each summer rainfall season.
By Newsday
Jan. 10, 2023
Calls for better organisation of mushroom production
“Mushroom farming in Zimbabwe is not as organised as other agri-ventures and this makes it difficult to track production and marketing of the crop,” Ama.
By Mthandazo Nyoni
Jan. 10, 2023
Cotton sector mulls stabilisation fund
The erratic price of cotton, which is set on an international scale, causes local producers to incur losses while forcing some to stop their operations altogether.
By Mthandazo Nyoni
Jan. 4, 2023
EU extends dairy project lifespan
The current local demand of milk in the country stands at 120 million litres per annum, but Zimbabwe produced 79 million litres last year.
By Donald Nyandoro
Dec. 14, 2022
Ama avails fuel to farmers
Farmers, who largely receive payments for their produce in Zimbabwe dollars.
By Freeman Makopa
Dec. 8, 2022
