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Zimbabwe
How Zimbabwe’s Poverty Lines Compare With Minimum Wages: Costs Rise as Household Buffers Narrow
Zimbabwe's Food Poverty Line for one person stood at ZWG 921.72 in June 2026, the amount ZimStat calculates as necessary to afford the daily minimum energy intake of 2,100 calories on its confirmed co
Jun 29, 2026
Zimbabwe
From Hunger to Obesity: Zimbabwe Launches Nutrition Strategy to Tackle New Dietary Challenges
Zimbabwe has approved the Nutrition Financing Strategy on 30 June 2026, presented by Vice President General (Rtd) Constatino Chiwenga as Chairperson of the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutri
Jul 01, 2026
Zimbabwe
Higher Yields Drives Potato Output Past 100k Tonnes, Growth Outruns Policy Support
Zimbabwe's 2025/26 summer season has produced 100,055 tonnes of Irish potatoes from 3,450 hectares at an average yield of 29 tonnes per hectare, an improvement from the prior year's 26 tonnes per hect
Jul 08, 2026
Zimbabwe
From Household Security to Breadbasket:How Pfumvudza Can Unlock Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Scale
Zimbabwe's Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme has done what it was designed to do, delivering a bumper harvest, turning Zimbabwe’s 2024 cereal deficit story into a surplus one. The 2025/26 summer season pro
Jul 22, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Heads for Third Consecutive Wheat Record: ARDA Grows Nearly Half as National Plantings Hit 133k Hectares
Zimbabwe has planted 106% of its 125,000 hectare winter wheat target, up from 101% at the same point in 2025, taking the national area to roughly 132,500 hectares. The Agricultural and Rural Developme
Jul 23, 2026
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One Tractor Per Village Puts Zimbabwe's Mechanisation Push Through a Utilisation Test
Zimbabwe will place one tractor in each of its roughly 35,000 villages before the 2026-27 summer cropping season, a rollout Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka announced at the Zimbabwe Industrialisat
Jul 27, 2026
Zimbabwe
The Bean the Market Wants: Soyabean Deliveries Jump 58% as Dual Demand Outstrips Supply
Soyabean deliveries have reached 45,744 tonnes between 1 April and 24 July 2026, up 58% on the 28,924 tonnes marketed a year earlier, on Agricultural Marketing Authority’s latest figures. Soya is 89.8
Jul 29, 2026
Zimbabwe
Same Price as Maize, Slower Demand: Why Market Realities Are Holding Back Zim’s Climate-Resilient Grain Ahead of Super El Niño
Sorghum deliveries have reached 31,951 tonnes between 1 April and 24 July 2026, up 15% on the 27,804 tonnes marketed a year earlier, on Agricultural Marketing Authority data. It is the slowest riser o
Jul 29, 2026
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ZIDA's Investment Approvals Hit US$1.59 Billion With Mining and Manufacturing at 79.6%
Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency approved 86 mining licences worth US$768.5 million in the second quarter of 2026, an average approved ticket of US$8.9 million and the largest sectoral allocatio
Aug 06, 2026Gold Exports Reach Historic High: Biggest Monthly Windfall in History Tests Sustainability of the Boom
Zimbabwe has exported US$583.4 million of semi manufactured gold in June 2026, the highest monthly value recorded in Zimbabwe’s trade history, latest data from Zimstat shows. The figure exceeded the p
Aug 06, 2026
