Govt goes on national tour to prepare farmers for summer cropping season

GOVERNMENT has sent a team of officials to visit key crop-producing provinces in preparation for the 2025/26 summer cropping season as it enters its final stage, NewsDay Farming understands.

On Tuesday, the Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development ministry sent a team, led by its permanent secretary Obert Jiri, to visit the Mashonaland Central province as part of a national tour to ensure farmers are adequately supported.

This comes as Zimbabwe is expecting another better harvest for the current 2025/26 season buoyed by better rainfalls.

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