Agriculture has played a pivotal role in the economic development of Zimbabwe pre-independence and also post independence.
The Agriculture sector is the mainstay of the economy which contributes 15.5% of the country's Gross Domestic Product. It is characterized by diverse investment opportunities ranging from the production of cash crops, production of strategic crops, mechanization, horticulture and the upgrading of agricultural equipment and livestock. There are wide arrays of investment opportunities in Agriculture that have the potential to boost the sector's viability.
History:
A few years after Cecil John Rhodes', British South Africa Company ascended to the helm of the political structure of Zimbabwe, it became clearer to Rhodes and the company that the huge goldfields they thought they expected to encounter where not that huge. Rhodes and his company instead looked and concentrated at both commercial farming and mining as stimulants to economic growth. Thus began the commercial farming story of Zimbabwe that would contribute hugely to the dynamics of the country's political and social landscape.