Mvurwi, Zimbabwe, Sept 18, 2026 (AFP) - Zimbabwe farmers seek funds to cash in on China blueberry boom

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2026-09-18

Under the morning sun, women moved briskly through neat rows of bushes, plucking blueberries for Zimbabwe's export market thrown wide open by new trade deals with China. Managers of the Forrester Estates farm about 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Harare want to more than double their planting area to 50 hectares (124 acres) next year to capitalise on the booming demand. "The funding, that's the problem," farm manager Albert Chakala told AFP.......

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