Economic growth based on agriculture risky

Economic growth based on agriculture risky newsday LAST week, the country’s largest seed manufacturer, Seed Co, reported lower than expected levels of seed production due to disease and bad weather, which could be foreboding for lower agricultural yields this year. By TATIRA ZWINOIRA Since November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been touting an economic turnaround …

Why growing spices makes sense for Zim

Why growing spices makes sense for Zim   The Herald Sifelani Tsiko recently in ZanzibarA tour to Kizimbani Spice Farm in Ungunja, the main island of Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, provides a unique taste of Africa’s spice islands. Zanzibar spice tours provide an intense, detailed and useful insight into …

Cotton farmers warned over side marketing

Cotton farmers warned over side marketing   The Herald Business ReporterCotton farmers should desist from side marketing and deliver all contract-funded produce to appropriate merchants for a sustainable recovery of the sector, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perence Shiri has said. Government has been financing cotton production in the past three years, but lost …

Zim entrepreneur launches agric online investment platform

Zim entrepreneur launches agric online investment platform newsday A United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean investor, Michael Matope, says he is in talks with foreign financiers to raise about £250 000 ($334 583) to expand his recently launched online agricultural crowd sourcing investment platform, Farmvest. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA Matope introduced Farmvest recently under his tech company, Mitah Group, …

Wheat farmers miss planting deadline

Wheat farmers miss planting deadline   The Herald Sharon Chigeza Manicaland CorrespondentFARMERS in Manicaland who failed to meet the May 15 planting deadline for winter wheat are making a last-minute rush to put their crop in the fields to ensure optimum yields. In an interview, Manicaland provincial agronomist Mr Thomas Sakuhuni said he was confident …

Command Poultry excites Chegutu farmers

Command Poultry excites Chegutu farmers   The Herald Mash West BureauAbout 500 farmers in Chegutu District have volunteered to participate in the Government’s Command Poultry programme. The programme is part of the Command Livestock initiative being rolled out by Government throughout the country. The Command Livestock also covers agricultural activities such as fisheries and wildlife …