Chief Chipuriro of Guruve has lashed out at businesses that are increasing prices beyond the reach of ordinary citizens. Chief Chipuriro said the cost of living has become exorbitantly high and can have detrimental effects on the upcoming farming season. The traditional leader said hundreds of people
China has urged Zimbabwe to adopt use of drones in the agriculture sector to bring more efficiency and maximum productivity. The inception of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) popularly known as Drones, is bringing about a paradigm shift in both the artificial intelligence and agricultural sector. These drones
There is no doubt that command agriculture has boosted Zimbabwe’s food security and improved capacity utilization in the local industry since its launch in 2016. The program has managed to record significant gains than its predecessors which are Operation Maguta launched in the 2005/06 agriculture
With the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Professor Mthuli Ncube expected to present the 2019 national budget in parliament tomorrow, 263Chat has solicited views from a cross section of Zimbabweans who indicated what they expect from government, including cutting down on budget deficit and
Zimbabwe’s domestic debt has risen reprehensibly in the last five years by over 1400 percent from $442 million to $6.3 billion with the government reported to have switched to the issuance of treasury bills creating a fiscal imbalance posing a serious threat to macro-economic stability,
Agriculture is taking centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe’s ailing economy under the new leadership of Emmerson Mnangagwa. By Ian Scoones, University of Sussex Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many outstanding challenges; not
The economy remains on a recovery path with the current government striving for a consistent upward trajectory of the economy
Finance and Economic Minister Patrick Chinamasa has described the 2017 command wheat farming as a ‘success’ saying that the yield has exceeded expectations. Chinamasa was speaking after touring the African Chrome Fields in Chenyika Ranch, Midlands Province where he commended winter wheat farmers for heeding government’s
Government has put in place a statutory instrument to deal with those implicated of abusing of inputs provided under the Command Agriculture scheme, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking on behalf of Vice President Emerson Mnangangwa, Minister of state in the vice president’s office, Clifford
National Social Security Association (NSSA) has extended a US$20 million towards the government’s Command Program to support the production of fertilizer. NSSA board chairman, Robin Vela, made the remarks while presenting the authority’s second quarter financial statement. “ NSSA is committed to advancing national objectives such as
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