Hippo Valley engages new sugarcane farmers

The sugarcane producer said escalating labour, cane pro­curement and production costs remain its biggest challenge, threatening long-term profitability even as the company posted stronger earnings for the year ended March 31, 2026.

HIPPO Valley Estates Limited has brought on board new sugarcane farmers for its 4 000-hectare Kilimanjaro Empowerment Block project in Chiredzi. In its latest financial statement on Tuesday, Hippo Valley chairperson Canaan Dube confirmed that 41 new farmers have been engaged, and they have already planted 682 hectares of sugarcane. “Following the government’s allocation of…

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