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VIDEO: Throwback to the spectacular Santa Gertrudis summer sale auction

With buyers coming in all the way from Zimbabwe, you know that this auction was top-tier! Santa Gertrudis are known for their quality bulls, which are excellent for reproduction, have ...

21 Nov 2024 · < 1 min read

Maximise your profits with Rotrix irrigation systems

Whichever irrigation system you are looking for, Rotrix will have it for you! They have the most cost-efficient travelling irrigation systems available in Africa, that will maximise your ...

12 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Transport blues strangle Zimbabwe’s smallholders, truckers

For years, smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe have faced a stubborn conundrum: how to get their produce to the market. Transport has remained a pain in the neck for thousands, frustrating ...

31 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

Zimbabwe puts more wheels on the ground to drive agri sector

In the past few months, Zimbabwe has upscaled agriculture mechanisation, trumpeting tractors as major drivers of an ambitious project that will turn the sector into a multi-billion dollar ...

31 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

African Cuisine 2: Local ingredients and the food of North Africa

Before we look into the diverse culinary traditions of the different regions in Africa, it is important to look at the ingre­dients used in traditional cooking. Local ingredients ...

9 Oct 2024 · 7 min read

Business

Zimbabwe agri workers’ wage woes

Zimbabwe's agriculture sector workers' demands for a living wage remain elusive amid an escalating cost of living. As the country makes efforts to grow the sector into a multi-billion ...

16 Apr 2024 · 5 min read

A billion-dollar bet for Zimbabwe’s green exports

Last year Zimbabwe emerged as a major player in the global production of horticulture produce, despite faltering in other agriculture sectors. For years Zimbabwe has staked its ...

20 Feb 2024 · 4 min read

Trademore Petroleum

Founded in 1997 by a group of visionary traders and the esteemed dr Barney Hurwitz, Trademore emerged as a leader in the petroleum industry. Today, the company continues to thrive under the ...

6 Nov 2023 · 2 min read

Power cuts cripple homes, businesses hard in Zimbabwe

Electricity outages have escalated in Zimbabwe, with the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) citing vandalism of its infrastructure, but experts say power generation is being ...

9 Jan 2023 · 7 min read

At the helm of the tobacco industry

The pioneers of commercial tobacco production, The British South Africa Company, could not have fathomed that what seemingly began as a production option to growing food crops and raising ...

17 Aug 2022 · 5 min read

Livestock

VIDEO: Throwback to the spectacular Santa Gertrudis summer sale auction

With buyers coming in all the way from Zimbabwe, you know that this auction was top-tier! Santa Gertrudis are known for their quality bulls, which are excellent for reproduction, have ...

21 Nov 2024 · < 1 min read

World Bank raises concerns about women and cattle ownership in Zimbabwe

Silibaziso watches as a herdboy prepares to paddock about twenty head of cattle at her village in Plumtree. The border town lies about 100 kilometres southwest of Bulawayo and is known ...

8 Aug 2024 · 4 min read

UN agency assists SADC farmers address swine fever

As more people take up farming in the Southern African region, experts are concerned about a dearth of skills. Despite the promise of economic viability, agriculture is seeing new entrants ...

11 Jul 2024 · 4 min read

Zimbabwe’s struggle with cattle sales

For years it became normal that rural livestock owners in Zimbabwe would respond to a drought year by selling off cattle due to a lack of pastures as many could not afford to buy ...

8 Jul 2024 · 5 min read

Drought tests Zimbabwe’s disaster preparedness

Zimbabwe’s disaster preparedness has returned to haunt the country in the aftermath of a devastating drought. Questions have long been asked about the reliability and efficacy of the ...

13 May 2024 · 5 min read

Innovation

Zimbabwe’s agriculture statistics dilemma

Since the beginning of the year, numerous reports confirmed that 2024 is a drought year for Zimbabwe after the failure of large swathes of crops across the country. This was weeks before ...

13 May 2024 · 5 min read

Research to drive agricultural sustainability in Zimbabwe – FAO

As Zimbabwe continues to seek ways to maximise its agriculture production, agencies are calling for more research to assist farmers to adopt sustainable practices. In a recent update, the ...

22 Apr 2024 · 4 min read

How West Africa is building resilience against climate change

According to the report Climate Change and Security in West Africa published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), changing climate conditions in West Africa are ...

7 Mar 2024 · 3 min read

Honey I’m home: Turning wild bees into cash in Zimbabwe

Unemployed women in Zimbabwe’s second city are turning to nature to earn a living as they collect wild honey to sell in the country’s major cities. Honey has proved to be popular ...

18 Sep 2023 · 3 min read

Zimbabwe city women upscale urban farming

At a time when food insecurity is also affecting urban residents in Zimbabwe, some women are turning pieces of land into thriving agriculture plots, growing anything from maize to ...

18 Sep 2023 · 3 min read

Mechanisation

Zimbabwe puts more wheels on the ground to drive agri sector

In the past few months, Zimbabwe has upscaled agriculture mechanisation, trumpeting tractors as major drivers of an ambitious project that will turn the sector into a multi-billion dollar ...

31 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

Zimbabwe agriculture mechanisation-from Belarus with love

Zimbabwe’s agriculture industrial revolution has gone a notch up with the confirmation of more support from Belarus. It was announced early February by Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Ministry ...

20 Mar 2024 · 4 min read

Lack of mechanisation slows smallholder ambitions in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s smallholders, especially those within city limits, are increasingly producing the bulk of locally grown produce, but lack of mechanisation, such as tractors, is limiting their ...

7 Jul 2023 · 4 min read

John Deere excels at NAMPO 2022

John Deere’s exhibition at NAMPO 2022 was once again something to see, from a tractor hanging upside down to the introduction of the gigantic X9 combine harvester. John Deere construction ...

27 Jun 2022 · 4 min read

John Deere always one step ahead!

A bold initiative was launched to raise Africa’s agricultural productivity. This initiative is called the John Deere SMART campaign, and it aims at helping new era farmers to mechanise, ...

8 Jun 2022 · 4 min read

Crops

Transport blues strangle Zimbabwe’s smallholders, truckers

For years, smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe have faced a stubborn conundrum: how to get their produce to the market. Transport has remained a pain in the neck for thousands, frustrating ...

31 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

African Cuisine 2: Local ingredients and the food of North Africa

Before we look into the diverse culinary traditions of the different regions in Africa, it is important to look at the ingre­dients used in traditional cooking. Local ingredients ...

9 Oct 2024 · 7 min read

Zimbabwe avocados get China boost

After years of trying to penetrate the cut-throat Chinese horticulture market, Zimbabwe has inked a trade protocol that will see avocados from the Southern African country being sold in the ...

8 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Call to upscale food resilience through community horticulture

Amid ongoing food and nutrition challenges, the United Nations has urged the government of Zimbabwe to upscale community horticulture projects. This is expected to drive resilience and ...

8 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

Zimbabwe bets on fertiliser to boost agriculture production

As planting season approaches, Zimbabwe is pulling all the stops to assure farmers of the availability of crucial farming inputs. Agriculture season and land preparation begins in ...

8 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

News & Events

Zimbabwe attracts youth to farming

Zimbabwe is upping its drive to attract youths into farming by targeting school children. In a country routinely facing food deficits and a limping economy marked by high levels of ...

9 Sep 2024 · 5 min read

Zimbabwe turns to Tajikistan for agriculture silver bullet

Zimbabwe's foray into international agricultural support has seen the country extending its courtship to unexpected destinations. In June Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was sent to ...

8 Jul 2024 · 5 min read

Zimbabwe’s dairy churns with increased milk production

Amid a troubled agriculture industry, Zimbabwe’s dairy industry is weathering the storm with increased milk production. Drought has decimated beef cattle, leaving thousands dead, but ...

14 Jun 2024 · 5 min read

Zimbabwe’s agri-loans headache

As the planting season approached last year, Zimbabwe's Agriculture Ministry declared that there were limitless loans available for farmers to upscale their food production. Outlining ...

20 Feb 2024 · 5 min read

Private equity firm Spear Capital inks deal backing Greenwave Milling

Private equity firm Spear Capital today announced that it has concluded an investment deal with Greenwave Milling, a manufacturer and distributor of quality high-value basic commodities ...

21 Feb 2023 · 2 min read
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