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15 000ha lost to army worm   Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterZimbabwe has lost an estimated 15 000 hectares of crops through destruction by the ravenous fall army worm (FAW), while two million birds were culled in desperate efforts to contain spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Japan has since extended half a …

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Agro-business project to benefit small farmers   Manicaland CorrespondentCommunal farmers in Manicaland are set to benefit from agro-business projects aimed at improving their incomes as well as food security. Speaking on the sidelines of the Muzvuzvu Agribusiness Hub field day funded by Agriseeds and Linkages for Economic Advancement of the Disadvantaged (LEAD) in Chimanimani last …

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Housing stands for cane farmers    Deputy Minister Marapira Masvingo BureauGovernment has pledged to identify suitable land for housing in Chiredzi where more than 1 000 resettled sugarcane farmers have been battling to secure land for housing development. Most cane farmers who own plots in the Lowveld do not own houses in Chiredzi and have …

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Govt to create 100 irrigation schemes   From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has completed feasibility studies on more than 100 sites countrywide where new irrigation schemes will be developed this year as part of a new thrust to engender food self-sufficiency through irrigation development. The sites are dotted around the country’s 59 districts where Government …

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