The UK Embassy in Harare has launched a partnership with Horticultural Development Council (HDC)  to increase exports of crops like blueberries, chillies and peas to the UK.

About HDC

The Horticultural Development Council was formed as a corporate body with the intention of becoming the Apex organization to represent and promote export horticultural producers in Zimbabwe.

The formation was facilitated by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement of Zimbabwe, with the understanding that quick strategic industry development goals could be obtained.

​It was felt that an Apex body of producers would concurrently be able to reach out with a single voice in the opposite direction, bringing the parties closer together to fulfil the common objective of growth.

​An interim Board was established in July 2019 and given the mandate to develop a Constitution that would create a platform for achieving its objectives. The Constitution was adopted and signed on the 7th January 2020