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Partisan food distribution cases soar newsday THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern over the spike in cases of partisan distribution of government and donor-sourced food aid by suspected Zanu PF officials. BY STEPHEN CHADENGA ZHRC chief human rights officer responsible for complaints handling and investigations, Kurai Makumbe, said this yesterday at the …
Avian influenza: Govt on high alert Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterGovernment is on high alert following an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in South Africa recently.Zimbabwe was hit by avian influenza between May and August last year and was declared free from the disease in December.Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement’s …
Tobacco deliveries up | The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterTobacco deliveries to the auction floors have increased as most farmers have finished processing their crop for sale.Some farmers are also delivering their crop because they want to raise school fees for their children ahead of the opening of schools in the coming weeks. …
Curechem launches empowerment project Source: Curechem launches empowerment project | Daily News HARARE – Curechem Overseas (Private) Limited has launched an irrigation project in Mahusekwa, Mashonaland East Province, which is aimed at empowering poverty-stricken villagers. According to the company’s group managing director Anup Chand, the project is part of their initiative to give back to the …
Shiri calls for productivity | The Herald Thandeka Moyo Bulawayo BureauGOVERNMENT is pushing for productivity on the land and there is need for stability on farms anchored on adherence to the law. In a statement yesterday, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Settlement Minister Retired Air Chief Marshall Perrance Shiri said Government will continue to give …
It looks as if nothing changes, but everything changes Wynand Boshoff | 18 April 2018 Wynand Boshoff on how a farmer’s behaviour would shift once he loses formal title to his land I regularly receive phone calls from farmers who wonder how to respond to threats of expropriation without compensation. My response is normally …
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Kazembe Kazembe grabs school farm by Staff reporter 5 hrs ago | 2085 Views Youths, Sports, Arts and Recreation minister Kazembe Kazembe has taken control of a 1 350-hectare farm belonging to Blackfordby College of Agriculture, situated approximately 60 kilometres north west of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, the Daily News has learnt. The chartered engineer’s alleged “farm grab” …
Curse of forgetting useful information, knowledge newsday eMKambo recently heard a story of how a veterinary doctor surprised livestock farmers, when he told them he did not have the expertise to artificially inseminate their cattle. By CHARLES DHEWA The farmers had travelled from distant areas to come and witness the first scientific experiment in the …
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Millers seek bran importation ban newsday THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has petitioned the government to ban the importation of bran, as this was killing the local milling industry. BY BUSINESS REPORTER In a statement yesterday, GMAZ general manager Lynette Veremu said the importation of bran was a waste of foreign currency. “We …
Catalysing agriculture value chain | The Herald Dr Sanderson AbelZimbabwe is an agricultural based economy and hence support to the sector is of paramount importance. Financial support to agriculture is very important given the unique role of Zimbabwean agriculture in the macroeconomic framework and its role in poverty alleviation. The challenge of agricultural financing …