{"id":5540,"date":"2024-08-23T05:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T05:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zimfa1.handy.co.zw\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:16:23","slug":"agricultural-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testdomain31.gov.zw\/?p=5540","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5540\" class=\"elementor elementor-5540\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dbdb1a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6dbdb1a8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d29ecb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d29ecb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ministry of Agriculture<\/strong><\/h6><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy and it provides vertical and horizontal linkages to other economic sectors. It is also a source of the much needed agro-based raw materials. The sector is also linked with other major sectors of the economy, as it provides the much needed agro based raw materials. Foreigners are free to invest in the sector through contract farming arrangements. Opportunities include provision of financial and technical services, greenhouse production of vegetables and flowers, fruits production, livestock production, dairy farming tobacco farming, soya bean production and many others.\u00a0The sector is not limited to the above and includes investment opportunities in a thriving tobacco production, cotton, timber and sugar milling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a450ac6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a450ac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agric.gov.zw\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit Ministry Website <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ce556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8ce556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Quick Links\u00a0<\/h6><ul><li>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy and it provides vertical and horizontal linkages to other economic sectors. It is also a source of the much needed agro-based raw materials. The sector is also linked with other major sectors of the economy, as it provides the much needed agro based raw materials. 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