Five-star agric performance
Edgar Vhera
Specialist Writer – Agribusiness
Government-facilitated and private sector-driven policies initiated by the Second Republic have seen the agriculture industry rising 100 percent from US$5,2 billion in 2020 to US$10,3 billion at the end of 2025, President Mnangagwa has said. This was a 26 percent overshot of the US$8,2 billion target by 2025 set under the Agriculture, Food Systems and Rural Transformation Strategy 1 (AFSRTS 1). In his foreword on the launch of the Agriculture, Food Systems and Rural Transformation Strategy 2 (AFSRTS 2), President Mnangagwa commended the Ministry of Agriculture for exceeding its set target in spite of drought challenges that negatively impacted production and productivity in the sector. “In August 2020, I launched the ambitious Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation Strategy, later named the ‘Agriculture, Food Systems and Rural Transformation Strategy 1’ to provide, under the National Development Strategy 1, the sector roadmap for the sustainable, inclusive and climate-smart transformation of the sector from a US$5.2 billion industry to a US$8.2 billion industry by 2025. ReadMore