The year 2024 has witnessed significant milestones in China-Zimbabwe cooperation in the agriculture sector, a cornerstone of Zimbabwe's economy.
Trade between the two sides increased, while China's support for Zimbabwe's technical expertise and human resources development in the agriculture sector also expanded.
According to the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency, a national investment promotion body, the agriculture sector sustains more than 60 percent of Zimbabwe's population, provides 63 percent of raw materials for the manufacturing sector, generates 30 percent of export earnings, and contributes 15 percent to gross domestic product.
In a bid to further open China's market to Zimbabwean agricultural products, a trade protocol on the export of Zimbabwean avocados was inked during Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's state visit to China in September, ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
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