Harare (New Ziana-As the tobacco selling season draws near, leading financial services provider Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has announced its readiness to support farmers with the necessary financial solutions. Stanbic Bank head of agribusiness, Tawanda Maposah, said the institution was committed to promoting agriculture and had put in place measures to ensure that farmers had access […]
Masvingo (New Ziana) -Following a surge in tick-borne diseases in the neighboring Midlands province, the Masvingo provincial veterinary office has embarked on an intensified dipping exercise and distribution of tick grease to local farmers. According to Kramer Manyetu, the Masvingo provincial veterinary services director, the exercise is accompanied by an awareness campaign targeting areas adjacent […]
Harare (New Ziana)-Tobacco output is expected to be high in both volume and quality due to the good rains that the country received this cropping season, a farmers organisation said on Thursday. George Seremwe, president of the Zimbabwe Tobacco Growers Association, an amalgamation of four unions, told journalists that the quality of the tobacco crop […]
Harare (New Ziana) – Preliminary crop assessments in most parts of the country point to a bumper harvest this year, particularly of the staple food, maize. Unlike drought conditions that characterised last year’s summer farming season, rains this year have been consistent, and evenly spread, giving hope of a much-improved harvest. The country last year […]