{"id":6063,"date":"2026-07-16T10:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zimdailyjournal.co.zw\/?p=6063"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:48:55","slug":"market-place-platform-for-farmers-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimdailyjournal.co.zw\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/market-place-platform-for-farmers-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Market place platform for farmers launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Land Fortune Holdings has launched LFM\u2013eMKambo Market Place Platform, a strategic agricultural market intelligence and trading platform developed to support Zimbabwe&#8217;s Vision 2030 agenda through innovation, digital transformation, and enhanced agricultural market systems.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s agriculture sector is at a pivotal moment.<\/p>\n<p>Increasing climate variability, evolving market dynamics, complex cross-border trade systems, and the growing scale of informal markets demand bold, coordinated, and data-driven responses.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these challenges, Land Fortune Market Place (LFM) and eMKambo have partnered to develop an integrated agricultural market platform that combines digital intelligence with the realities of Zimbabwe&#8217;s agricultural markets.<\/p>\n<p>The LFM\u2013eMKambo Market Place Platform is designed to improve farmers&#8217; access to markets, enhance price transparency, strengthen informed decision-making, and increase confidence in agriculture as a profitable business.<\/p>\n<p>The platform also serves as a market-based early warning system, harnessing real-time market intelligence to support evidence-based decision-making among farmers, policymakers, investors, development partners, and private-sector stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Through this innovation, the platform contributes to improved resilience, reduced market risks, minimized post-harvest losses, optimized opportunities, strengthened food security, and sustainable economic development.<\/p>\n<p>The official launch marks an important milestone in Zimbabwe&#8217;s journey towards building a modern, inclusive, and digitally enabled agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>The event brought together senior government officials, development partners, private sector leaders, financial institutions, farmer organizations, and key stakeholders from across the agricultural value chain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Land Fortune Holdings has launched LFM\u2013eMKambo Market Place Platform, a strategic agricultural market intelligence and trading platform developed to support Zimbabwe&#8217;s Vision 2030 agenda through innovation, digital transformation, and enhanced agricultural market systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1242],"class_list":["post-6063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-zimbabwe","tag-land-fortune-holdings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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