Harare, (New Ziana) – Government on Wednesday approved a new maize, wheat and soya bean production recovery plan aimed at boosting production and ensuring food self-sufficiency. The plan, an upgrade of the command agriculture scheme, is targeting 5 000 “highly productive” farmers and will also have a Presidential Input Support Scheme (Pfumvudza) component targeting 1.6 […]
Harare, (New Ziana) – Government said on Wednesday it will next month set up a savings fund to offer cheaper loans to civil servants to shield them from loan sharks. Government will inject start up capital of $100 million to the fund, while civil servants will be expected to contribute 2.5 percent of their salary […]
Harare(New Ziana)-President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday met with a special envoy of Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, General Julio Dos Santos Jane who expressed his country’s keenness to further bilateral co-operation with Zimbabwe. President Mnangagwa also met with representatives of a delegation of German business people who are in the country to scout for investment opportunities […]
Masvingo (New Ziana) -The Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) plans to establish a research centre in Chivi district, Masvingo province to study dry land agriculture with a view to improve small grain yields in the country. GZU Soil and Plant Sciences department chairperson Dr Michael Mubvuma said the move was in line with Vision 2030 and […]