Agriculture in Zimbabwe
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Agriculture in Zimbabwe is overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture
. In addition to food production, principal products include tobacco
, cotton
and wool
.
Ministry of Agriculture (Zimbabwe)
The Ministry of Agriculture is a government ministry, responsible for agriculture in Zimbabwe, . The incumbent Minister is Joseph Made and the Deputy Minister is Roy Bennett. The ministry is located in Harare...
. In addition to food production, principal products include tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
, cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
and wool
Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and certain other animals, including cashmere from goats, mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, vicuña, alpaca, camel from animals in the camel family, and angora from rabbits....
.