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Govt to conduct nationwide crop assessment January 31, 2018 Headlines, Top Stories Deputy Minister Marapira Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterGovernment plans to carry out the first round of nationwide crop and livestock assessments to ascertain the severity of the prolonged dry spell. Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Cde Davis Marapira yesterday confirmed that Government would carry out …
Small grains bring smiles to Binga farmers Pamenus TusoFor many years, farmers like Ms Winet Kamutero (65) from Kariyangwe area of Binga District in Matabeleland North Province, have toiled on their irrigation plots under the brutal sun every day without much success. The farmers who are plot-holders at Lungwalala Irrigation Scheme have every season …
Byo Leather Cluster holds development workshop Prince Sunduzani, Business ReporterTHE Bulawayo Leather Cluster will tomorrow hold a cluster development meeting to help stakeholders across the value chain understand the clustering concept, which seeks to accelerate the industrialisation agenda. The workshop, organised by Mindpower Consulting in collaboration with the National University of Science and Technology’s fibre …
Dry spell renders crops a write-off A moisture stressed maize crop Pamela Shumba, Senior ReporterLANDS, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira has said about 30 percent of the country’s crops are a write off due to the prolonged dry spell that has hit the country. The country has been experiencing a dry spell …
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission to start public hearings President Mnangagwa Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle ReporterTHE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission will next month begin public hearings on various issues to do with justice, healing and reconciliation. Earlier this month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Bill (NPRC) into law to operationalise …
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Anthrax cases on the rise 0 January 30, 2018 4:35 PM Source: Anthrax cases on the rise | Daily News HARARE – Anthrax virus infection is on the rise in rural Zimbabwe, with the Health ministry recording nine cases — four in one week — in the first two weeks of January this year. The people …
Beef prices drop 3 January 30, 2018 4:40 PM Source: Beef prices drop | Daily News Andrew Kunambura • 30 January 2018 HARARE – For beef lovers, the time of suffering and paying through the nose for steaks, braai packs and roasts could soon be coming to an end. Beef prices, which have been increasing for months, …
Cecil Kop Reserve needs to be restocked – January 30, 2018 A MEMBER of the Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe Committee, Michael Peter Hitschmann, who is also Manicaland’s leading wildlife conservationist, has called for restocking of Cecil Kop Nature Reserve Game Park in Mutare with large animals so that it attracts more tourists. BY KENNETH NYANGANI …
Agriculture a hard sell for Zim’s youth – January 30, 2018 MAZOWE — Laiza Mukute’s 14-hectare plot is a pale shadow of what it was 10 years ago. Irin The Mukute family — 43-year-old Laiza, her husband, and three sons — obtained the plot in 2001 under a land reform programme that saw thousands of commercial …
Logistical issues delay cloud seeding – January 30, 2018 THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) delayed commencing its cloud seeding programme, saying this was due to logistical issues and poor weather conditions. BY SHARON SIBINDI The programme, which was supposed to start on December 18, 2017 only started on January 10, covering Matabeleland North, South and …