ZimTrade earlier this month organised a Global GAP awareness seminar in the Midlands province to conscientise farmers on the importance of meeting international standards.

Beef from India is currently landing in Kinshasa at: T-borne (US$15), beef steak (US$14), rear beef quarter (US$7,50) and beef quarter topside (US$7).

The levy is payable by those in the business of production of chicks, buying of raw milk and slaughtering of beef cattle.

CGIAR is a French international organisation that is a global partnership of international organisations engaged in research about food security.

The alert comes as the 2023/24 agricultural season has been wrecked by an El Niño-induced drought, with average to below normal rains.

The call for the use of approved agrochemicals comes as tobacco remains the country’s top exported agricultural product, generating hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

Mechanical methods of nutsedge control are often used as an initial measure to reduce weed populations.