By Lemuel Chekai The Zimbabwean government is preparing a fresh round of levies on imported grain and oilseed products in a policy shift aimed at strengthening domestic agricultural production, financing irrigation infrastructure and insulating the country from future climate-related food shocks. According to proposals circulating within the
By Kudzaishe Chimonera The Government has approved a producer price of US$524.56 per metric tonne for the 2026 winter wheat season, in a move aimed at encouraging farmers to increase production. The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) said the figure would serve as the incentive planning and
By Kudzaishe Chimonera The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) says it has paid more than US$32 million to farmers as part of efforts to support agricultural production and strengthen food security. In a statement, the Board’s Chief Executive Officer Edson Badarai said significant progress had been made in
By Kudzaishe Chimonera The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has unveiled new grain trade and storage systems aimed at strengthening agricultural value chains, widening market access for farmers and improving national food security. In a statement, the parastatal said 89 depots and 1 804 grain buying points will
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Douglas Karoro “conduct inappropriate” for a Minister. Karoro was last week arrested lon allegations of grabbing 700 bags of fertiliser, US$18 000 worth of maize seed and 5 000 vegetable seed
Despite an increase in maize price the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) continued with the distribution of subsidised maize meal. The Grain Marketing Board (GMB), increased maize price by 100 percent prompting GMAZ to suspend distribution of the commodity. However, after consultations the millers have
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa have been sucked in the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) saga over finances allegedly used for rehabilitation of Grain Marketing Board (GMB) silos. Giving oral evidence before the portfolio committee on Lands and Agriculture chaired by
Shocking revelations of alleged smuggling of government’s subsidized grain into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by organized cartels in the local milling industry have emerged, 263Chat Business can reveal. The startling revelations came out of the Justice-Mayor Wadyajena chaired Parliamentary committee portfolio on Lands, Agriculture,
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has set the record straight on why they did not appear before the Justice Mayor Wadyajena Portfolio Committee saying the issue falls under the Public Accounts Committee. GMAZ had earlier written to parliament indicating that they would not appear before
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) failed to appear before the Justice Mayor Wadyajena led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture on issues relating to the US$27 million allocated to them by the Government. Addressing journalists after anxiously waiting for GMAZ, Wadyajena said the
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