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The Kurima Mari Mobile App Is Very Useful If You Are In The Agriculture Sector – The Financial Gazette Own Correspondent 24/10/2018 Zimbabwe agriculture ” data-medium-file=”http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/maize-255×138.jpg” data-large-file=”https://t3n9sm.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maize-560×303.jpg”> Facing the challenges of a changing climate, increasing costs, global pressures on grain and feed, and more, farmers need to make the most out of existing resources to …

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Ramp up production, sugarcane growers told     The Herald 25/10/2018 Tawanda Mangoma in Triangle The Zimbabwe Sugar Association Experiment Station has challenged indigenous commercial sugarcane farmers to ramp up production and help Zimbabwe’s aggregate sugar output to hit the 600 000 tonnes of raw sugar annually. Zimbabwe’s two cane mills at Hippo Valley and …

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Tobacco hectarage declines     The Herald 25/10/2018 Mary Muradzikwa  Herald Reporter Tobacco farmers have so far put about 7 000 hectares under the crop, which is a decline of almost 50 percent from the area put under the crop during the same period last year. According to the latest Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board …

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Zimbabwe cotton ranked third in the world     The Chronicle 25/10/2018 Midlands Bureau ZIMBABWE is seeking to double its cotton production in the forthcoming summer cropping season amid growing demand for the country’s produce on the international market. Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) acting chief executive officer, Mrs Nancy Zitsanza, said there was a huge …

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Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies – NewsDay Zimbabwe   24/10/2018 The Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe may soon become too hot to support tsetse fly populations, researchers have warned. By Staff Reporter A new study, based on 27 years of data from Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe, suggests that temperature …

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Agric key to Zim’s revival     Agriculture is a powerful sector which feeds into other sectors, such as cooking oil manufacture and bread making, thereby creating employment and widening the tax base The Herald 24/10/2018 Elijah Chihota Correspondent Zimbabwe’S economy is hinged on agriculture which feeds a number of downstream industries that process agricultural …

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Govt plans to put 443 000ha under irrigation     The Herald 24/10/2018 Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent Government has equipped 206 000 hectares with irrigation facilities across the country as it moves to avert hunger and ensure national food security at household level. Speaking during a stakeholder’s conference at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe National Water …

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