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cereal boom

Zimbabwe: Farming initiatives leading to wheat bumper harvest despite Ukraine war

The President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government is projecting to harvest between 380,000 and 400,000 tonnes of wheat this year, which exceeds ... Zimbabwe’s annual needs. This bumper harvest is a result of a collective effort by farmers, financial institutions, the private sector, and the government, which has put forward policies and strategies to attain flour and wheat self-sufficiency during the Russia and Ukraine war.

zero chances

Zimbabwe: How Mnangagwa ‘crushed’ Chiwenga’s dream of becoming president

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has outmanoeuvred his deputy Constantino Chiwenga in the fierce battle to be the 2023 presidential candidate ... for the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu–PF). At the party's Elective Congress held from the 26 to 29 October, the Central Committee, the highest decision-making body within the ruling party, endorsed Mnangagwa to seek a second term in next year’s general elections

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