THE government says it is scaling up efforts to support small-scale miners, as it is currently in the process of setting up one-stop gold resource centres in all mining areas across the country in order to provide miners with relevant machinery for exploration. This comes as smallscale miners have expressed concern about a lack of…
THE National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) has expressed concern over low productivity in the fertiliser industry saying this will negatively affect the agriculture sector if left unaddressed. A report from a study recently conducted by the NCC revealed that the fertilizer manufacturing industry has been experiencing numerous challenges which have weighed on its competitiveness “resulting in…
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has tightened its security on distribution of agricultural inputs to curb theft of the government funded Pfumvudza/Intwasa inputs. Since the start of the free agricultural inputs to small-scale farmers three years ago, there have been reports of the inputs being stolen and being sold on the black market. However, speaking…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) yesterday said the tourism sector is on the rebound, as shown by the recording of US$579 million in revenue in 2022 compared to US$244.2 million in 2021, representing a 137 percent increase. This comes as the tourism sector has set out to achieve a US$5 billion economy by 2025. Speaking…
THE Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) has disbursed 2.5 million litres of diesel to support farmers this season as the country targets a bumper harvest to ensure national food security. This development comes as the country is experienced more than 15 hours of load shedding which is threatening to disrupt farming as farmers rely heavily on electricity…
THE government has expressed concern over reluctance by youths to participate in economic programmes saying this was working against its drive towards an upper middle class economy. Speaking during an anti-drug abuse campaign in Zvishavane on Tuesday, Youth ministry district officer Emmanuel Marabuka said the government had created an environment for them to be innovative….
THE Tobacco Research Board (TRB) is set to introduce new tobacco varieties next year with potential to improve yields Currently, Zimbabwean farmers are growing three varieties which include Virginia flue-cured, burley and oriental varieties. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TRB chief executive officer Frank Magama said the new varieties which include T78, T79,T80 and…
ZIMBABWE is set to benefit from Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) Southern African agro-processing initiatives that aim to transform the country’s agriculture to ensure food security and better nutrition. Speaking at the southern Africa countries’ dialogue on sustainable food systems, which was running under the theme ‘effective partnerships for accelerated agri-food systems transformation in Southern…
SMALL-SCALE miners have so far this year delivered 22.2 tonnes of gold to Fidelity Printers and Refineries, deputy minister of Mines Polite Kambamura has confirmed, adding projections showed deliveries would increase in 2023. He was speaking at the launch of the Miners for Economic Development (Miners4ED) at the Golden Valley Mine in Chakari, Mashonaland West…
THE Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says Zimbabwe’s legal framework is conducive to attract foreign direct investments. Speaking in India last Thursday while meeting the Zimbabwe-India Trade Council Business (ZITC) delegation, Mudenda said Zimbabwe’s Legislature was committed to crafting laws that were conducive for foreign investors. The ZITC comprises different business operations in…
