{"id":9220,"date":"2026-01-07T12:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9220\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:12:09","slug":"zimbabwe-china-to-expand-cooperation-on-irrigation-modernisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9220\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe, China to expand cooperation on irrigation modernisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Zimbabwe and China have signed an agreement to expand \u00a0cooperation on the China Aid Upgrade and Maintenance of Irrigation Schemes project in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement marks a new phase in the long-standing bilateral cooperation between the two countries, according to The Herald, a TV BRICS partner.<\/p>\n<p>The agreements include the drilling of 300 boreholes, technical assistance, and policy advisory support.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 234 boreholes have been completed, with works carried out in Mashonaland East, Manicaland, and Masvingo, while drilling continues in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the signing ceremony in Harare, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding said the government-funded initiative also includes the rehabilitation and upgrading of nine major irrigation schemes across six provinces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is designed to unlock greater productivity for smallholder farmers, catalyse agricultural modernisation and strengthen the nation\u2019s resilience to climate change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, noted that the project is being implemented under the Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement signed in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted the importance of cooperating with China, highlighting its contribution to Zimbabwe\u2019s development in key sectors, including agriculture, energy, water supply, healthcare, education, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>(TV BRICS\/NAN)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Artboard-14.png\" alt=\"Banner\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe and China have signed an agreement to expand \u00a0cooperation on the China Aid Upgrade and Maintenance of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[106],"class_list":{"0":"post-9220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}