Industry Dynamics

Speaking at the Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) project annual meeting yesterday Perrance Shiri said climate change has brought increased frequencies and severity of drought conditions, bouts of heat spells, and uncertainties in the length and quality of growing seasons.

ZIMBABWE are going to starts commercial rice production to cut annual rice importation expenditure of over $100 million and save the much-needed foreign currency.

THE Leather Institute of Zimbabwe (LIZ) is holding a three-day financial and services workshop in Bulawayo aimed at spearheading the retooling, revamping, relaunching and revival of the once vibrant leather industry in Zimbabwe.

The Zimbabwe small-scale tobacco farmers are going to get $70 million from their goverment for this year's planting season, up from U.S.$28 million in 2017.

Following plans to start construction of a 1 000-kilometre power line next year in partnership with stakeholders from Mozambique and South Africa, Zimbabwe is going to become a regional power hub by 2021.

CHINA has handed over 9 500 tonnes of urea fertiliser to Zimbabwe amid indications that the Asian economic giant intends to unveil a $4 billion package for the agricultural sector.

Zimbabwe's clothing industry is under pressure from a worsening economy, which has rendered most local clothing lines uncompetitive against cheap imports that have flooded the market.