Zimbabwe: Garlic boom for Zimbabwe

The country's export promotion and development agency, ZimTrade, has secured funding for a capacity building program on the cultivation and certification of organic garlic whose demand has been soaring on the international market, the agency's chief executive Mr Allan Majuru has said. Mr Majuru revealed this last week when he spoke to garlic farmers who converged at Guzha Primary School in Gutu District during the official launch of Gutu Central Constituency Garlic Export Program spearheaded and financed by Member of Parliament Winston Chitando. The project is informed by Zimbabwe's economic development blueprint, National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which seeks to widen the country's export basket and grow export earnings as the economy gears towards upper middle-income status as espoused by President Mnangagwa. Demand for garlic has been on the rise during two decades with the market growing from about US$500 million to US$2,4 billion in 2020. Zimbabwe is now positioning ...