Archive for July 2026
Dr Rob Garvin honoured with 2026 CFU Farming Oscar award
Dr Robert Traill Garvin has been named the recipient of the Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) annual Farming Oscar for 2026, in recognition of his many years of service to Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector. Presented during the 83rd Commercial Farmers’ Union Annual Congress at ART Farm in Harare last week, the award recognises more than five decades of…
Read MoreIllegal tobacco seed crackdown begins as Government moves to protect Zimbabwe’s biggest agricultural export
With Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry generating more than USD 876 million to date during the 2026 marketing season, Government has launched a coordinated national campaign to eliminate illegal tobacco seed varieties, warning growers that crops established from unregistered seed will be destroyed and offenders prosecuted. The move comes as farmers across the country begin establishing seedbeds…
Read MoreTop studs ready for Zimbabwe’s premier breed sale
Zimbabwe’s leading livestock breeders will showcase some of the country’s finest genetics at the 58th National Breed Sale at the CC Sales Mt Hampden sales pens on Friday, 31 July, with 136 quality animals set to go under the hammer. The catalogue features an impressive selection of 74 bulls, including 47 Brahman, 12 Tuli, six Boran,…
Read MoreThe flower seed production project transforming rural livelihoods
What began as a small experiment on a family farm in Kadoma has grown into a thriving contract seed production programme benefiting more than 1,000 smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. Charlene Mathonsi and her business partner, Douglas Alexander, have built Amalubarina into a successful flower seed enterprise that is changing lives across Nkayi and Gokwe. Mathonsi,…
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