Agriculture

UK: Royal Agricultural University to assist women farmers in Zimbabwe

By wiltsglosstandard.co.uk The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester has teamed up with the Women’s University in Africa (WUA) to
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Zimbabwe makes first compensation payments to white farmers over land grabs

By Shingai Nyoka BBC News HARARE: Zimbabwe’s government has announced an initial pay-out of US$3m (£2.3m) to white farmers whose
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Zimbabwe expects tobacco sales to rise 21% in 2025

By Reuters HARARE: Zimbabwe expects tobacco sales, its biggest agricultural export, to increase by 21% this year as the country
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‘Significant milestone’ – say EU ambassadors as Zimbabwe pays $20m for seized farms

By Chief Correspondent EUROPEAN ambassador’s accredited to Harare have commended the government for beginning payments to investors who lost farms
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Zimbabwe starts paying for farms it seized in the 2000s; countries paid include Denmark, Germany,

By Bloomberg News Zimbabwe has started paying reparations to nations and farmers whose land was seized in the 2000s, a
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Zimbabwe inflation rises sharply, spurred by food and housing

By Reuters HARARE: Zimbabwe’s inflation rate rose sharply in January in both U.S. dollar and local currency terms, spurred by
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Mnangagwa’s new land tenure system a ‘capitulation’ to creditors and donors – analyst

By Agencies HARARE: Twenty-five years after embarking on chaotic agrarian reforms, Zimbabwe has made a major shift in its land
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Zimbabwe launches new land policy to empower Black farmers with direct farm ownership

By Associated Press HARARE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday launched a new policy that will allow beneficiaries of land
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Zimbabwe fails to pay white farmers; they seek urgent talks with government

By Bloomberg News HARARE: White commercial growers in Zimbabwe said that the government has failed to pay part of $331
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Japan extends million-dollar aid to Zimbabwe’s farmers

By Agencies The Japanese government has contributed US$5.1mn toward the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), supporting nearly 37,000 smallholder
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