Zimbabwe

A group of Civil society groups in Zimbabwe has told the government to immediately withdraw the Statutory Instrument that legalises the eviction of Chilonga people in Chiredzi to grow feed for a dairy company.

Land inequality is even larger than previously thought, and that this has dramatic effects on poor people’s livelihoods, particularly those of women and young people.

Zimbabwe's National Social Security Authority says it will begin to shift some of its investments to agriculture value chains such as maize, wheat, soya and export crops such as macadamia and blue berries.

The project 3,000 ha seed breeding project in Mazowe will produce seedlings for local farmers to grow apples, grapes, bananas, peaches and pears under contract farming.

Zimbabawe's Government cites pandemic in allocating 7,000 hectares of irrigated crop land in Beitbridge district to private companies, including Schweppes.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning to parcel out vast tracts of prime horticultural land to the Belarusian government in a deal that will see the eastern European nation farming and exporting produce.

Mauritius-based Sunbird Bionergy is pursuing a US$190 million cassava outgrower ethanol project in Zimbabwe's Luena farm block that includes a seedlings plantation that will eventually cover 10,000 ha.

Indian billionaire and Pepsi International franchise holder Ravi Jaipuria wants to acquire vast swathes of prime land in Zimbabwe to diversify into production of key agricultural products.

Villagers in Chipinge, Manicaland province have dragged ethanol producer, Green Fuel to court to stop it from occupying their communal land and interfering with their farming activities

Sugar giant, Tongaat Hullets, is seeking bids from companies or individuals with capacity to develop 4 000 hectares of virgin land to boost sugarcane production in the lowveld of Zimbabwe

In order to facilitate private sector investment in agriculture, the Government of Zimbabwe will expedite issuance of bankable 99 year leases to allow farmers access to funding from financial institutions.

Nelson Chamisa has vowed, if he wins elections due in July, to expel Chinese investors who have stakes worth many billions of dollars in everything from agriculture to construction.