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TIMB hikes weighing, auction charges – NewsDay Zimbabwe   11/6/2019 BY MISHMA CHAKANYUKA/FIDELITY MHLANGA THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has hiked floor-clearing charges, weighing and auction fees, further eating into the earnings of farmers already hard-pressed by depressed prices this season. The weighing and auction fees were raised from ZWL$25 to ZWL$48 per bale …

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Zim to be food insecure by September: USAid – NewsDay Zimbabwe   11/6/2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA MOST of the country’s districts will be food insecure by September due to a poor 2018/19 harvests and “escalating” macroeconomic hardships, a food security report by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has revealed. “Most poor households …

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Plans to fully exploit Tugwi-Mukosi intensify   11/6/2019 The Herald George Maponga in MASVINGO Government is intensifying efforts to ensure the giant Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in southern Masvingo is fully exploited for the country’s economic benefit, amid indications that plans are now at an advanced stage to gazette the project’s combination authority that will spearhead crafting …

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Innovative tobacco barn unveiled   11/6/2019 A standard Twin-Turbo Barn helps reduce energy costs for tobacco farmers and the impact on the environment The Herald Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor A LOCAL engineering firm, Mamsen Engineering, has developed an energy-efficient Twin-Turbo tobacco curing barn that is set cut energy bills for tobacco farmers …

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FAO disburses $30m to agric sector   11/6/2019 The Herald Kudakwashe Mhundwa and Kumbirai Tarusarira Business Reporters Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) says it has disbursed loans worth US$30 million to finance the country’s agric sector aimed at boosting the production of different crops by small holder farmers. This comes as commercial funding to the …

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Cottco optimistic of new hybrid varieties   11/6/2019 The Herald Fradreck Gorwe The new cotton hybrid varieties Cottco intends to introduce could catapult annual output to about 1,1 million tonnes, managing director Mr Pious Manamike said last week. A research undertaken by Cottco last year — under drought conditions — showed each plant produced an …

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CSC Masvingo set to resume operations   11/6/2019 The Chronicle Walter Mswazie in Masvingo THE Cold Storage Company (CSC) is set to resume operations in Masvingo amid reports that tenants occupying company premises have since been served with three months notices to leave. Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister of State, Ezra Chadzamira, said this as he …

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