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✈️ Next stop SEED CO ZAMBIA NATIONAL field day in Lusaka West Zambia where the President of Zambia is the guest of honor 💚🙏 More updates coming soon

The Seed Co Zambia National field day field tour highlights with His Excellency President Hakainde Hichilema as the GUEST OF HONOR and the SeedCo Zambia Managing Director Mrs Grace Bwanali, Board Members and the technical experts 🙏🏽 Watch the full highlights on the link below facebook.com/share/v/1Cv4HL… Visit the Seed Co Zambia social media pages for more updates from the field days with farmer testimonials from different provinces facebook.com/share/v/173dE4… & National Broadcasting Corporations facebook.com/share/v/18fQJ2… facebook.com/share/v/18EtPL… #ItStartsWithTheRightSeed #TheAfricanSeedCompany

The cost of farming just changed. Here’s what it means on the ground 👇 A farmer used to pay US$1,000 just to be registered. Today, that cost is US$250. A fish farmer paid VAT on every harvest. That tax is now gone. These are not small adjustments—they reshape how agriculture operates Will consumers feel the difference? marichomedia.com/zim-reduces-ag…

TIMB CEO, Emmanuel Matsvaire, is part of the eight-member delegation from Zimbabwe currently in the Philippines for a week long tobacco farm field tour. The delegation is exploring the ongoing National Tobacco Administration’s (NTA) programs and gaining insights into the country’s tobacco value chain. During one of the tours at the agency’s laboratory, undertaking nicotine testing equipment, the Zimbabwean delegation expressed interest in collaborating on germplasm research to improve local tobacco varieties.

#Zimbabwe is casting the net for a US$1 BILLION blue economy. Government, scientists and farmers are teaming up to double fish production by 2030. From research labs → fish ponds → dinner plates. marichomedia.com/zimbabwe-casts… Is aquaculture Zimbabwe’s next economic frontier? 💬 Thoughts? @MoLAFWRD_Zim @DeptFisheriesa1 @milton_makumbe @faosfsafrica @FAOZimbabwe @DonaldTchidoori @obertjiri #BlueEconomy #Aquaculture #Zimbabwe #FoodSecurity

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For generations, the wide plains of #Matabeleland North and South have been synonymous with cattle herds, drought-hardened farmers, and resilient rural communities. Few imagined that the sun-scorched lands of the west would one day write their own chapter in #Zimbabwe’s tobacco story. marichomedia.com/the-golden-lea… @timb_zw @MoLAFWRD_Zim @TobaccoZimbabwe

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The banana plant is not a tree — it is a giant herbaceous plant. What looks like a trunk is the pseudostem, formed by the tightly overlapping bases of its leaf sheaths. 🌿 Understanding its anatomy helps make sense of how it grows, even in temperate gardens. Flag leaf: the last leaf produced before flowering. Its appearance signals that the bunch is already forming inside the pseudostem — the plant is committed to fruiting. Adult leaf: powers the photosynthesis that fills the fruit. Every leaf lost to wind damage or disease directly reduces the final weight of the bunch. Leaf blade (lamina): the wide flat part of the leaf, crossed by a prominent midrib, with an upper surface (adaxial) and a lower surface (abaxial). Pseudopetiole: the section connecting the leaf blade to the pseudostem. Pseudostem: the false trunk, built entirely from tightly rolled leaf bases wrapped around each other. It can reach between 6 and 25 feet depending on variety, but contains no woody tissue whatsoever. Bunch (bunch of hands): the complete fruit structure. Each row of bananas is a hand, and each individual banana is a finger. A bunch carries between 6 and 14 hands depending on variety and growing conditions. Female flower hands: these develop into the hands of fruit. The female flowers open first and are the ones that set fruit. Flower heart (male inflorescence): the pendant bud at the end of the bunch, containing the male flowers. In tropical cuisines it is cooked as a vegetable. Sucker (pup): the lateral shoot emerging from the rhizome. This is the primary method of propagation — the parent plant dies after fruiting and the sucker takes over. Rhizome: the true underground stem of the plant, from which both the roots and the suckers originate. Roots: fibrous and shallow, concentrated in the top 12 inches of soil — which is why bananas need consistent surface moisture and do not compete well with deep-rooted plants. In the US, banana plants can be grown in the ground year-round in zones 8 to 11. In zones 5 to 7, Musa basjoo — the Japanese fiber banana — is the most cold-hardy ornamental variety, surviving to around -10F with heavy mulching over the rhizome. Ensete ventricosum and Musa sikkimensis are other cold-tolerant options for northern gardens grown as summer tropicals in containers. 🌿 Not a tree. Not a palm. A giant herb that fruits once and hands the garden to its children. #fyp #gameday #comunityevent #darkhumor Sammayorgreenfild

Tobacco sales floors are open for a new week with increased buyer participation, and prices are expected to improve as sales move from primings to the better quality upper leaf positions. Tobacco prices at auction floors are determined through transparent open bidding by multiple buyers competing for the crop in the presence of farmers and other stakeholders. Individual prices may vary depending on factors such as grade, quality, and presentation of the leaf. This is why we emphasize growers should produce good quality tobacco and properly grade it and present it for sale. Throughout the week, we will continue sharing farmer experiences from the floors.

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It was a pleasure supporting the @faosfsafrica communications team during the African SIDS solutions & investment forum from 3-5 March 2026. The event was well covered by local media in Sao Tome & Principe🇸🇹. 👉🔗bit.ly/4bdcIFa

A tobacco grower from Chiweshe shares his excitement after receiving good prices for his tobacco at the market today, 6 March. His experience reflects the improving market dynamics as buyer participation continues to increase. Follow the official TIMB WhatsApp Channel for more updates 👉whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va… 👍Like | 🔔Follow | 🔁Share

We're experimenting with #AI We created this avatar and here is it's first report: ZIMBABWE is set to host the International Dairy Federation (IDF) Regional Dairy Conference Africa from March 31 to April 2 this year @ZADF_Official @MoLAFWRD_Zim @PoteDior @FarmyardZW @WendyMadzura @DonaldTchidoori

The 2026 Tobacco Marketing Season is officially open. The official opening ceremony was officiated by the Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, Professor Mthuli Ncube. Three tobacco auction floors will be operating this season, i.e.Tobacco Sales Floor, Premier Tobacco Floors, and Ethical Sales Floor. 47 A Class buyers have been licensed to buy tobacco from the auction floors. Contract tobacco floors open open tommorow, 5 March and 44 contractors have been licensed to operate this season. TIMB wishes all stakeholders a successful and orderly marketing season.

Today, TIMB CEO, Emmanuel Matsvaire officiated the commissioning of Tobacco Processors Zimbabwe’s 3.5MW solar power plant in Harare, a major milestone in advancing renewable energy within the tobacco value chain. This bold investment strengthens energy security, reduces reliance on the national grid, and ensures uninterrupted tobacco processing, safeguarding efficiency and competitiveness. TIMB applauds TPZ for its strategic leadership and commitment to building a resilient, sustainable, and globally competitive industry. #sustainability #SmartFarming #success #agriculture #compliance