TEA production has declined by 34 percent as most plantations have been neglected, a recently released fourth edition of the annual Agricultural Sector Survey has shown.
The survey is carried out jointly by the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society, CBZ Holdings and The Financial Gazette, who commissioned the African Economic Development Strategies (AEDS) as the technical partner.
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“There is a general increase in production under plantation crops with the exception of tea and macadamia,” the report said.
“Macadamia production declined by 10 percent as fruit set was negatively affected by low rainfall experienced from October to December because of the late start of the
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