New wheat varieties could help Zimbabwe supply both the quantity and quality needed by the country’s baking industry while cutting import costs.
Fresh Treasury correspondence shows Zimbabwe will maintain grain import levies despite an ongoing legal challenge from millers.
The government plans new grain and oilseed import levies as it pushes local sourcing and expands irrigation projects ahead of possible El Niño conditions in the 2026/27 farming season.
The plant’s inauguration also includes an upcoming juice and dairy blending facility on the same complex, valued worth US$40 million.
The plants include a large-scale breakfast cereals extrusion plant, a biscuit manufacturing line, and a pasta facility.