Zimbabwe has achieved a historic milestone in October 2025, with monthly exports surpassing the US$1 billion threshold for the first time, reaching US$1.02 billion. This represented a strong 20.2% mo

South Africa's maize prices have declined more than 30% year-on-year, fueled by a robust harvest that has generated substantial surpluses for both local consumption and regional exports.

Zimbabwe's maize sector continues to reflect the country's turbulent yet resilient agricultural history, oscillating between periods of surplus, severe disruption, and tentative recovery. While the na

Zimbabwe’s Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has disbursed  US$22 million to farmers , as government accelerates payments for delivered grain amid a steady build-up of the country’s Strategic Grain Reserve

Zimbabwe has recorded a fourth consecutive monthly trade surplus, with export earnings of US$969 million outpacing imports of US$856 million to yield a surplus of US$114 million in January 2026, accor

Zimbabwe's cereal imports rose sharply in February 2026, according to the latest data from ZimStat. Maize imports surged 48.3% to US$44.93 million from US$30.28 million in January, while wheat imports

Zimbabwe sits within striking distance of the largest maize surplus Zambia has produced in over a decade, and its road network is making that surplus structurally inaccessible. Zambia's Food Reserve A

The Grain Marketing Board has cut the maize incentive price in USD for the 2025/2026 season, the first time in USD era. At USD 364.75 per metric tonne, the GMB is paying farmers USD 11.73 less per ton

Zimbabwe has projected a national cereal surplus of between 550,945 and 964,945 metric tonnes through to March 2027, with total cereal production for the 2025/2026 summer season estimated at 2.74 mill

Zimbabwe, once the bread-basket of Africa has accounted for 38% of South Africa's maize exports in the 2025-26 marketing year, absorbing approximately 741,000 metric tonnes out of a total of 1.95 mill

Zimbabwe's latest trade data for March 2026 shows that cereals were the fourth-largest import category in Zimbabwe's goods trade faccounting for 7.8% of a total import bill of USD 1.074 billion,  equi

Zimbabwe spent USD 128.4 million importing maize in the first three months of 2026,  January at USD 30.3 million, February at USD 44.9 million, and March at USD 53.2 million, according to ZimStat Exte

Zimbabwe's Second Round of Crops, Livestock and Fisheries Assessment Report, presented to Cabinet by the Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Water Resources Development, Dr. Anxious Jongwe Masu

The Grain Marketing Board has settled 100% of its previously outstanding obligations in US dollars and 82.73% of its ZiG payment obligations as at 20 May 2026, Cabinet was advised by the Minister of A

In the same week that Zambia announced the highest maize harvest in its recorded history, and South Africa confirmed the largest grain crop ever produced on the continent's southern tip, Zimbabwe rel

Zambia’s 2025/26 maize season has produced a number so large it requires a reference point to make sense. The country’s Crop Forecasting Survey, released by ZAMSTAT Statistician General Sheila Mudenda

Zimbabwe's maize import bill fell sharply in April 2026, dropping to $30.2 million from $53.2 million in March, a decline of roughly 43% in a single month that marks the clearest statistical signal ye

Zimbabwe's maize harvest has risen from 2,341,857 metric tonnes presented during the 16th Post-Cabinet Briefing to 2,824,110 metric tonnes confirmed at the 18th Post-Cabinet Briefing on 9 June 2026, a

The Grain Marketing Board is owing 17.27% of ZiG payment obligations to farmers who delivered grain in the  FY2025 marketing season amounting to ZiG 50,192,313.52. Transporters who hauled grain to GM

Zambia's economy expanded by 7.7% during the first quarter of 2026, marking its fastest quarterly growth in several years as a strong agricultural recovery, improving domestic demand and expanding ser