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Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes could be gamechanger for Zimbabwe’s farmers Recently, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement added the orange-fleshed sweet potato to the nation’s food basket. Some call this a giant step towards improving exports of sweet potatoes and livelihoods of farmers. Improved livelihoods through the adoption and increased production of diversified crops is underpinned in the Horticulture Recovery and Growth Plan la...

Zimbabwe’s land deal off-track Zimbabwe’s land deal off-track Prof Mthuli Ncube CASH-STRAPPED Zimbabwe will miss the July deadline to pay US$1.75bn in compensation to dispossessed white commercial farmers amid revelations the administration has failed to get financial support from development partners and international financiers, it emerged this week. Last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government tabled a US$3.5bn offer to white former commercial farmers for assets expropriat...

Zimbabwe: Reprieve for Defaulting Command Agric Farmers Zimbabwe: Reprieve for Defaulting Command Agric Farmers 2 mins ago By Zvamaida Murwira Farmers under Command Agriculture who failed to repay their loans at the end of last season owing to drought and the Covid-19-induced national lockdown, have been granted a huge relief after Government extended the repayment period by an additional three years. This means the debt has been restructured and farmers will have to repay it in three instalme...

Four diverse workers and black team leader business owner gathered in boardroom during briefing in modern office. African businessmen make startup presentation or business plan for client or investor Today’s influential young business and corporate leaders are the future of the economy and should be factored in the broader economic plan, says Institute of Corporate Directors Zimbabwe (ICDZ) acting executive director Dr Proctor Nyemba. Dr Nyemba’s remarks come in the wake of the announcement...

Gvt to get tough with agric inputs abusers  T HE government says it is consulting with the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to institute jail sentences or more punitive penalties for farmers abusing, misusing or selling inputs accessed via the Command Agriculture or Presidential  schemes.  This follows reports that unscrupulous farmers enlisted on the schemes in Binga and Gokwe North were selling fertilisers to middle men, who then resale the inputs in Zambia. Inputs dealers were reportedly bu...

Zimbabwe launches new climate change adaptation project to reach 2.3 million vulnerable people Format US$26.6 million GCF-financed, UNDP-supported project will improve food security and strengthen resilience 10 November 2020 - The Government of Zimbabwe through its Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, Climate Change Department and UNDP Zimbabwe launched today the Green Climate Fund (GCF)-financed ‘Building Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agricultural Livelihoods in S...

Dr John Basera THERE are expectations the 2020/2021 summer cropping season would be one of the most productive seasons post-land reform, as the Government prepares to undertake a national crop and livestock assessment. The exercise, set to begin this week, is expected to take “three or so weeks”. Usually, the national crop and livestock survey begins mid to end of January every year. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Permanent Secretary Dr John Basera said they were finalisin...