BROILERS VS. HUKU YECHIBHOYI: THE COMPLETE ZIMBABWE GUIDE TO CHICKEN CHOICES By The Agriculture & Nutrition DeskMay 2026 Zimbabwe’s dinner table is at a crossroads. On one side: sleek, fast-growing broilers ready for market in 42 days, uniform in size, affordable, and dominant in supermarkets. On the other: huku yechibhoyi (indigenous chickens), slower-growing, varied in […]
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WOMEN IN POULTRY: HOW ZIMBABWEAN WOMEN ARE DOMINATING THE CHICKEN INDUSTRY By The Agriculture Desk May 2026 Walk into any rural homestead in Zimbabwe and you’ll find a woman feeding chickens. Walk into any urban backyard operation and you’ll likely find the same. Visit the markets, the hatcheries, the processing facilities, the cooperative offices. Women […]
MARKET ACCESS: HOW ZIMBABWEAN POULTRY FARMERS ARE GETTING BIRDS TO BUYERS By The Agriculture Desk May 2026 Zimbabwe’s poultry industry is producing more birds than ever. Production is up 35% in five years. Farms are expanding. Flocks are growing. And then comes the question that separates profitable farmers from struggling ones: how do you actually […]
DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE’S POULTRY: EXPERT GUIDE TO NEWCASTLE, BIRD FLU, AND BIOSECURITY By The Agriculture DeskMay 2026 Zimbabwe’s poultry industry is booming. Production is up 35% in five years. Farmers are scaling operations. Buyers are ordering in bulk. And then disease strikes. One sick bird becomes a dead flock. One farm becomes an outbreak. […]
BRAAI NATION: BEYOND MEREKI – ZIMBABWE’S HOTTEST WEEKEND EATS ROAD TRIP By The Lifestyle DeskMay 2026 If your weekend rotation has been stuck on Mereki, Pahuku, and Zindoga, it’s time to break the cycle. Zimbabwe’s braai scene has exploded far beyond Harare’s suburbs, and there’s an entire nation of legendary grilled meat, ice-cold drinks, and […]
Harare’s Best Chicken Spots for the Weekend: Zindoga, Homeground, PaHuku, KwaMereki and More Last updated: April 2026 | By the ChickenPrices.co.zw Team It’s Friday afternoon. The week has been long. All you want is good chicken, a cold drink, some music and a proper vibe. Harare has plenty of options but which spot actually gives […]
ZITF 2026: The Produce and Poultry Hall Stole the Show, and Zimbabwe’s Farmers Finally Got Their Moment Published: 27 April 2026 | By the ChickenPrices.co.zw Team For six days in Bulawayo, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair did what it does every year. The suits walked through the halls. The speeches were made. The handshakes happened. […]
Priced Out of the Region: The New Local Sourcing Rules That Affect Zimbabwe’s Chicken Industry Agricultural Markets Desk · 29 April 2026 A farmer in Zambia sells maize for around US$240 a tonne. In South Africa the SAFEX benchmark sits around the same level. In Zimbabwe the government has set the planning price at US$380 […]
How Zimbabwe’s Grain Laws Trap Farmers, Reward Side-Dealers and Inflate Every Bag of Feed Agricultural Markets Desk · 29 April 2026 It has been illegal to buy maize from a Zimbabwean farmer outside the state marketing board for most of the past two decades. The law has never stopped the black market. It has, however, […]
What Is Really Driving the Cost of Your Chicken & Eggs. Agricultural Markets Desk · 29 April 2026 The government raised the maize planning price by US$4 a tonne. That sounds small. But once you understand the currency gap, the import dependency, and the tangle of laws controlling who can buy and sell grain — […]









