{"id":9954,"date":"2026-01-07T20:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9954\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:02:11","slug":"zimbabwe-signs-agreement-with-china-on-irrigation-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9954\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Signs Agreement with China on Irrigation Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767816131_811_WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-07-at-12.47.14.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"386\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767816131_811_WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-07-at-12.47.14.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-07-at-12.47.14\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe and China have signed an agreement to expand cooperation 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.<\/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 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 the Ambassador said.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, Mthuli Ncube, noted that the project was being implemented under the Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement signed in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The minister emphasised 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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NAN \/ Shakirat Sadiq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe and China have signed an agreement to expand cooperation on the China Aid Upgrade and Maintenance of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[106],"class_list":{"0":"post-9954","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\/9954","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=9954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}