During most summers in Zimbabwe, a conversation hardly passes without someone mentioning the hot temperatures around Beitbridge district, with maximum temperatures in summer frequently hitting 42 degree Celsius, hard on humans, but ideal when there is water for citrus.
In most cases, visitors to the area fail to cope with the heat and most would want to make their stay as short as possible.
As it stands, Beitbridge produces export quality oranges, grapefruit and lemons from nearly 3 000 hectares of land used by commercial, communal and irrigation farmers. "Our environment is conducive to such projects, and there are already successful citrus initiatives in the district across Limpopo," said Cde Nguluvhe.
Toppick Investment's chief executive Mr Danisa Moyo said:"Increased citrus farming in Beitbridge is a positive development, which presents opportunities for economic growth, job creation, and agricultural development." His company decided to venture into citrus production which has high returns on both the local and export market.
"In addition to that, we drilled seven sand abstraction boreholes in the Shashe River and provided four booster pumps to increase the capacity to irrigate the project." Mrs Listeo Muleya said many plot-holders who had previously abandoned the project were now interested in farming. In Ward 11, a total of 112 plot holders at the Khwalu irrigation scheme have also started working on establishing a citrus farm on their 110 hectares' project.Miss Remaketsi Mbedzi said it was exciting to see more women venturing into horticulture, especially in irrigation schemes where the growing of lemons and orange fruits is being done at a commercial scale.
"We have seen an increase in the global demand for citrus fruits, and in particular, oranges, lemons and limes. This has now filtered through to the domestic market," said Miss Ropafadzo Gwanetsa, Schweppes head of Corporate Affairs.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
He said more jobs were being opened up in the sector for both special skills and general labour during land preparation and the harvesting seasons.
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