Agriculture

Farmers reeling as Foot-and-Mouth Disease strikes Midlands province 0
- Agriculture
- October 1, 2026
Villagers in the Midlands Province, are facing severe consequences from a deadly outbreak of livestock diseases that has decimated cattle herds. This situation has stripped households of essential draught power and forced desperate farmers to sell their remaining animals at drastically reduced prices. The outbreak of January Disease, along with Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), has reportedly
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Farmers appeal for producer price review 0
- Agriculture, Business
- September 29, 2026
Farmers are urgently calling for a review of producer prices to reflect rising production costs, warning that since prices are fixed while fuel, energy, and fertilizer costs soar, the viability of agriculture is at risk. Dr. Jameson Jawi, president of the Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU), made this appeal in his opening remarks during the 86th
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Mbembeswana Irrigation Scheme 0
- Agriculture
- September 22, 2026
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Uninsured smallholders bear the cost of Zimbabwe’s tobacco boom 0
- Agriculture
- January 7, 2026
By Pamenus Tuso Tobacco remains Zimbabwe’s single largest foreign currency earner, generating more than US$1 billion in annual export receipts, according to figures routinely cited by the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) and industry regulators. The sector supports over 300,000 farming households, most of them small-scale growers delivering their crop through auction floors rather than structured
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