Zimbabwe is prepared to provide guarantees to banks that will be financing agriculture to help plug the funding gap to the sector, according to Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube. ...
By Business Weekly | Published: 30 November 2018
THE deepening foreign currency crisis in Zimbabwe is hampering government's efforts to mechanise the agro sector through the Command Agriculture programme, the Office of the President and Cabinet said...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018
AGRIBANK has obtained a $30 million line of credit from the Industrial Development Corporation South Africa (IDCSA) to support the agriculture sector.The facility is favourably priced at Libor +8,9 pe...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018
Agribank has so far disbursed over US$80 million to the agriculture sector as it seeks to boost productivity and foreign currency generation.The bank, which has been directed by Government to focus on...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Owen Ncube has warned farmers against the temptation of selling off inputs availed to them under the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme, as that would attract pros...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018
Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Perence Shiri, has taken a swipe at the Agricultural and Marketing Authority for weak regulatory enforcement in cotton marketing, warning drastic ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018
THE Midlands Show Society has postponed the Gweru Agricultural Show, which was scheduled to run from July 26 to 29, to next month as the initial dates were too close to the July 30 general elections.T...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018
AGRIBANK has secured $10 million from the Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which will be channelled towards capacitating agricultural exporters and value addition.The bank's chief...
By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2018
GRADUATES from agricultural colleges have come together to form a coalition that seeks to tap into their technical expertise and help develop Zimbabwe's agriculture sector. Aptly named the Coalition o...
By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Old Mutual Limited to consider investing in the country's agricultural sector and help fund commercial infrastructure in line with global trends and developmen...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018
Zimbabwe's successful agro-import substitution programme, Command Agriculture, will not be a permanent feature and will be phased out once Government is convinced farmers can now mobilise own funding,...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 June 2018
UK based Mitah Group Ltd owned by Zimbabwean born entrepreneur Mr Michael Matope launches www.Farmvest.biz . Farmvest.biz - is Zimbabwe's first Agricultural investment Platform, it aims revolutionize ...
By Agencies | Published: 05 June 2018
Close to half a billion dollars has been secured for the 2018/2019 summer cropping season, as Government works towards food security and ensuring that the country's agro-based economy gets back on the...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2018
A Gweru-based firm, Linfield Farm, which is in the business of exporting peas and other horticultural products to Europe, is failing to expand its operations due to foreign currency shortages.The firm...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 May 2018
Zimbabwe's main agro-import substitution programme, commonly referred to as Command Agriculture, requires close to $1,3 billion to take off as the country steps up efforts to raise local production an...
By Staff reporter | Published: 28 May 2018
The president of the MDC Alliance Advocate Nelson Chamisa has criticised the Mnangagwa's command agriculture programme saying his government will do away with the scheme and adopt new technologies of ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 May 2018
ZIMBABWE is still importing grain despite claims by the government that it had stopped doing so in February last year following a bumper harvest from the command agriculture programme.The government, ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 May 2018
THE annual Bulawayo Agricultural Show which ran concurrently with the just ended Zimbabwe International Trade Fair attracted 186 show steers to the fatstock show with this year's turnover coming to $2...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2018
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday handed over the first batch of 200 heifers to 66 cattle farmers from two provinces of Matabeleland North and South under the $300 million Command Livestoc...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 April 2018
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote has renewed his interest in investing in Zimbabwe, but seems to have moved away from his first love - cement - and is now considering investing in the country's agr...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 April 2018
GOVERNMENT has called on all farmers under Command Agriculture to repay their obligations to ensure the continuity of the programme and increase productivity on farms.This comes at a time when the Gov...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 April 2018
GOVERNMENT has called on all farmers under Command Agriculture to repay their obligations to ensure the continuity of the programme and increase productivity on farms.This comes at a time when the Gov...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 April 2018
Government has signed a $1,5 billion deal with the Financial and Commodities Ecosystem (FinComEco) to develop a range of platforms, projects and initiatives in the agricultural commodity markets secto...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2018
The 2018 tobacco season started yesterday with Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga indicating that tobacco will now be covered under the Command Agriculture Programme. "I am elated t...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 March 2018
LANDS and Agriculture minister, Perrance Shiri has said government will pour more resources to mechanise agriculture in order to boost productivity.Speaking at a SeedCo field day at Arnold Rattray Res...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 March 2018
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