Agriculture

China now accounts for 60% of Zimbabwe’s tobacco exports – Minister

By Xinhua HARARE: China remains an important destination for Zimbabwean tobacco leaves, accounting for more than 60 percent of the
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Worst drought in four decades cuts Zimbabwean maize crop by 72%

By Bloomberg News Maize output in Zimbabwe will drop by almost three-quarters this year as the nation experiences its worst
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UN pledges support after Zimbabwe declares drought a disaster

By Xinhua HARARE: The United Nations on Wednesday pledged to assist Zimbabwe in mobilizing resources to address the El Nino-induced
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Zimbabwe declares drought a national disaster, asks for $2 billion to feed its people

By Associated Press Zimbabwe is now in a national drought disaster, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared on Wednesday. Some 2.7 million
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Severe drought and famine in southern Africa leaves some 20 million facing hunger

By Associated Press MANGWE, Zimbabwe: Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking
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2.7 million people to go hungry in Zimbabwe as drought destroys crops

By Nyasha Chingono I Reuters BUHERA: Residents of the Zimbabwean village of Buhera stood in groups at a primary school
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‘We are exporting jobs’ – says VP as 98 percent of Zimbabwe’s tobacco sold in

“Government is concerned that we still export 98 percent of our tobacco in raw form, in the process exporting jobs
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Zimbabwe predicts a sharp decline in tobacco crop as drought takes toll

By Associated Press HARARE: Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers
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Zimbabwe to import Genetically Modified maize as food crisis deepens

By SABC News Zimbabwean officials have said the country will be importing Genetically Modified maize this year as the southern African
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DROUGHT: Crops wither in Zimbabwe as dry spell bites

By Xinhua BEATRICE: Holding hands behind her back, Jane Chari looked at her wilting maize crop in a parched field
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