Low soya output stifles edible oils industry

Low soya output stifles edible oils industry – NewsDay Zimbabwe   20/9/2018 ZIMBABWE’S edible oils sector says it remains viable inspite of intermittent stockouts, but faces challenges related to low soya output and a persistent shortage of foreign currency to maintain optimal supply, according to an association which represents producers. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Some of …

Zuva injects $200 000 in tree planting initiative

Zuva injects $200 000 in tree planting initiative – NewsDay Zimbabwe 20/9/2018     DIVERSIFIED energy group Zuva Petroleum has injected in excess of $200 000 in a tree-planting initiative targeting to grow a million plants by 2020. BY STAFF REPORTER The initiative will see the energy group partnering schools and farming communities in a …

Africa needs strong political will to transform agriculture

Africa needs strong political will to transform agriculture      BULAWAYO — Africa needs strong political commitment to accelerate the transformation of its agricultural sector. — IPS 20/9/2018 According to the 2018 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR), Catalyzing State Capacity to Drive Agriculture Transformation, released this September by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in …

Govt rolls out climate change workshops

Govt rolls out climate change workshops     The Herald 20/9/2018 Sharon Chigeza Mutare Correspondent GOVERNMENT has launched a series of capacity building workshops in two of the country’s 10 provinces to equip provincial heads in development and environmental issues to do with climate change adaptation strategies. The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and …

Tobacco farmers start transplanting seedlings

  The Herald 20/9/2018 Locadia Mavhudzi Midlands Correspondent Tobacco farmers here have started transplanting tobacco seedlings from the seedbed to the field under irrigation. Midlands Provincial crop and livestock officer Mrs Madeliner Magwenzi said farmers with irrigation facilities mainly in Gweru and Kwekwe districts have undergone thorough training by Agritex and various tobacco training institutions …

Agro-ecology training enriches Amazon farmers

Agro-ecology training enriches Amazon farmers     The Chronicle 20/9/2018 Pamenus Tuso Farmers at Amazon and Mosenthals community irrigation schemes in Insiza District, Matabeleland South province, have undergone an intensive 10-day agro-ecology training that was designed to support their food sovereignty, while reducing their dependence on costly and difficult-to-access chemical inputs. The workshops which ran …

Tobacco farmers in bid to increase output

Tobacco farmers in bid to increase output     The Chronicle 20/9/2018 Locadia Mavhudzi, Midlands Correspondent FARMERS in the Midlands province have started transplanting tobacco seedlings using irrigation ahead of the normal cropping season in a bid to increase output. Provincial crop and livestock officer, Mrs Madeliner Magwenzi, said those farmers with irrigation facilities mainly in …

The law and deductions from employee’s wages

The law and deductions from employee’s wages     The Chronicle 20/9/2018 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour matters MANY employers break the law by making unlawful deductions from employees’ wages leaving employees with very little to live on and in worst cases nothing at all. Deductions from employees’ wages are regulated by the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 …