Agricultural Opportunities In Zimbabwe

Agriculture is still one of the most sustaining businesses in Zimbabwe. There are many opportunities you can consider in the Agricultural sector. From farming and rearing livestock to helping other farmers with information, here are ten opportunities in the agricultural sector.

Contract farming

Contract farming enables contractors to help the production process by providing inputs. It also provides viable funding and marketing solutions for farmers who are unable to secure bank financing.

Improving marketing infrastructure

By providing direct technical assistance and grant support to private and public-private partnership institutions and regulate market information and business services to the agro-industry.

Livestock capacity building

Providing advice on livestock breeding practices and improving the public and private sector capacity in developing and implementing quality systems.

Dairy Development Project

The dairy sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in Agriculture. Production of dairy products and selling to the informal market is a great opportunity to star with as a small scale dairy farmer.

Farm mechanization Programs

The numbers of small scale to medium farmers in Zimbabwe is growing and mechanization has helped this process. Farmers are provided with mechanical technology from tillage, planting fertilizer, chemical application, crop tendering and harvesting to increase production.

Potato farming

Successful farmers are providing first time potato farmers with the knowledge and training they need to be successful. There is a big opportunity and space for anyone who wants to practice potato farming because not a lot of small scale farmers are experienced enough to.

National Irrigation Rehab and Development Program

There are opportunities for farmers to get assistance on how to deal with the effects of climate change. The opportunity will help the farmers with the irrigation infrastructure in the country.

Poultry

Poultry production is growing in Zimbabwe, more pork is now being consumed more than beef hence the increase in its production. There’s opportunity in producing poultry food as well for example there’s shortage of soya in Zimbabwe.