By ZBC Reporter Farmers have been urged to take full advantage of the transformation of agricultural shows from being display places to agriculture support and growth platforms. Following the death…
Category: Agriculture
Horticultural sector set for growth
By ZBC Reporter GOVERNMENT and the European Union (EU) are implementing a technical assistance programme in the country’s horticultural sector in a move expected to enhance agricultural productivity. The local…
Investor to inject US$1 million in pecan nuts production
By ZBC Reporter A LOCAL investor has expressed interest in injecting close to US$1million towards the production of pecan nuts at Valley Irrigation Scheme in Matobo District, Matabeleland South province.…
Govt targets 100 000 Ha to be under irrigation
By ZBC Reporter GOVERNMENT has rolled out a massive irrigation programme targeting 100 thousand hectares which will be turned into green belts of maize and other strategic crops under the…
Pakistan struggles to combat devastating locust plague
PAKISTAN’s farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country’s agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring.…
Women championing self-reliance projects
By ZBC Reporter WOMEN in Mudzi district are championing community resilience through various forms of self-reliance agricultural projects in an effort to ease the effects of climate change and enhance…
US peach farmer wins $265 mln damages over Bayer, BASF herbicide
A US JURY has awarded $265 million to a Missouri farmer who blamed herbicide from chemical giants Bayer AG and German rival BASF for destroying his peach orchards, in a…
Satellite data brings farming advice to remote areas of Zimbabwe
By Marko Phiri DEEP in rural western Zimbabwe, where tarred roads are nonexistent, Japhet Ngwenya used to spend every season worrying that the people who advise him on how to…