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Zimbabwe Targets 30,000 Metric Tonnes Of Blueberries By 2030

4 months agoWed, 27 Nov 2024 09:52:08 GMT
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Zimbabwe Targets 30,000 Metric Tonnes Of Blueberries By 2030

Zimbabwean horticultural farmers are targeting the production of 30,000 metric tonnes of blueberries by 2030, but are being hindered by a lack of investment capital.

Since the first blueberry exports in 2017, Zimbabwe’s blueberry industry has experienced “incredible” growth, reaching 5,500 tonnes exported last year. This rapid expansion has made the country’s blueberry sector the fastest-growing in the world.

In an interview with Fresh Plaza, Linda Nielsen, CEO of the Horticultural Development Council, said that challenges such as unfavourable foreign exchange policies and high borrowing costs are preventing the sector from reaching its full potential. Said Nielsen:

This year we’re aiming for 8,000 tonnes. However, the expansion is not from new plantings, but from plant maturity because we still don’t have enough capital to expand.

Our long-term goal is to reach 1,500 hectares of blueberry cultivation by 2030, producing 30,000 metric tonnes.

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This could bring in as much revenue as our total horticultural exports did back in the 1990s.

But to do this, we estimate that growers would need a major investment of around US$240 million in new investment.

Zimbabwe’s overall horticulture sector has shown significant growth in recent years with exports currently above 113 million metric tonnes, largely attributed to the resilience of traditional exports such as citrus and the emergence of high-demand crops like blueberries.

Nielsen said that Zimbabwe’s horticultural plans can only succeed with adequate water resources, noting that climate change is a reality the country’s farms are addressing through improved water management and storage techniques.

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16 Comments

LTM · 4 months ago
haaa these things so unoti gai ndidye half cup wotozoona warovva 5 cups kuti ko zvandavakudarika gage chiregai ndingorova yechi 6 ndoguma
🌄🧱🍓🍌💞🍒🏆🍑🌽🍕👙 · 4 months ago
I love ❤️ those things.
Rudo · 4 months ago
Ndoimwe yeVision 2030
apes · 4 months ago
gadzirai juice kwete kungo maburisa zvekafanana ne cocoa vanongo budisa vachitadza kugadzira chocolate muno
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
Crystal Candy makes chocolate bars mate. I don't think Zimbabwe is a major producer of cocoa beans or that it even produces them at all. Countries in West Africa are the ones who major on that for example Ghana and the Ivory Coast. First you should take care of the basics then move on to other sectors of production, let them achieve their targets then they can assess the next steps, these white folks do their things with proper planning, they don't do more than they can handle, raw blueberries are in demand everywhere but when it comes to juices then it gets a little bit tricky, you now need market research, advertising and other costly stuff to enter those markets while also at the same time having to contend with the high cost of production over in Zim.
pombi · 4 months ago
ko neshona inonzi Ivo mablueberry acho
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
'This could bring in as much revenue as our total horticultural exports did back in the 1990s'. We may argue all we want but land reform was total disaster, it destroyed an economy anchored on agriculture taking with it industries supporting it too. Some of those white farmers had really big farms which they weren't even fully utilising, there was no need to take everything, had government done this orderly those farms could have been subdivided properly without any violence or lawlessness but obvious the guys wanted the developed areas on those farms hence subdividing them wouldn't have benefited them in any way, so they decided to just take the whole thing. The fools destroyed orchards which had been productive for decades because of their lack of knowledge. Now those same people are back on the farms helping clueless black owners who don't know anything about farming, so was it really worth it to destroy our livelihoods back in the 2000s if you were gonna bring them back, and to make matters worse we have a huge **** we need to pay. I really didn't understand the need for using violence, Zanu PF was the one in power you had everything at your disposal but acted like rebels on a rampage and then you expect that sanctions wouldn't be slapped on you.
Ini Zvangu · 4 months ago
The truth, nothing else but the truth 💯
Mee · 4 months ago
Wapedza zvese hapana chekutapudza kana kuwedzera
Todiyi · 4 months ago
zvimwezve zviwanikwa muZimbabwe by 2030 tinenge taanezvakawandisa
Ngwere · 4 months ago
obvious mawhites anotaura zvinoitika
hoy · 4 months ago
wait until vene put blueberry tax
kkkkk · 4 months ago
Ngazviende mberi
...,. · 4 months ago
I believe they will be successful. whites do not lie to please

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