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National artificial insemination rollout this month Business ReporterA LIVESTOCK development programme funded by the country’s four mining houses and Homelink, which has targeted to artificially inseminate about 50 000 beasts in various parts of the country, will be rolled out this month. Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) head of programmes and public affairs, Ms Roberta …
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Minister calls for tax regime review Minister July Moyo Nqobile Tshili, Business CorrespondentTHERE is a need for Government and its stakeholders to review the tax regime in the country to ensure that it does not repel foreign and local investors, a Cabinet Minister has said. Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister, July …
Delta pours $3 million into barley farming Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterLISTED beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation Limited, says it has so far spent close to $3 million on its barley contract farming scheme targeting a yield of 33 000 tonnes this year. Over the years, the beverages producer has financed the production of barley …
Arda secures investor for Balu Estate Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle ReporterTHE Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda) has secured an investor for a pecan nuts and livestock project to be established at Arda Balu Estate in Umguza District, an official has said. In an interview during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo last week, Arda …
Mixed reactions over Mbanje legalisation Source: Mixed reactions over Mbanje legalisation | Daily News HARARE – Zimbabweans have expressed mixed feelings over government’s move to legalise the production of cannabis (mbanje). Last Friday, government gazetted a $50 000 licence fee for those wishing to farm the drug while at the same time reducing the prison terms …
Agriculture firm establishes online auction floor Source: Agriculture firm establishes online auction floor | Newsday (News) A MUTARE-BASED agricultural commodity firm, Farmers Intersection (Pvt) Limited, has established an online auction floor to facilitate trade between smallholder farmers in remote areas and the markets. BY STAFF REPORTER The concept — adopted from the Dutch-Clock — allows …
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Why legalising mbanje matters for Zimbabwe Source: Why legalising mbanje matters for Zimbabwe | Herald (Opinion) Simon Massey CorrespondentZimbabwe has legalised the growth of mbanje for medicinal and scientific research, making it one of only three countries in Africa to do so. Only Malawi and Lesotho have pipped Zimbabwe to the post. Hopefully, these are …
Govt targets $143m horticulture exports Source: Govt targets $143m horticulture exports | Herald (Business) Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterGovernment is targeting to surpass the $143 million mark from horticultural export proceeds next year after extending the sector to Command Agriculture Scheme. The country earned $143 million in 1999 at the peak of the sector and authorities …
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