Fisheries drive to benefit 214 000 families

Fisheries drive to benefit 214 000 families   3/6/2019 Minister Priscah Mupfumira The Chronicle Natasha Chamba, Business Reporter  AT least 214 000 families are set to benefit from Government’s fisheries programme, which is being rolled out across the country to improve food and nutrition standards in communities, a Cabinet Minister has said. Through the Zimbabwe Parks …

Zimbabwe Approves First MMJ Grow Site

Zimbabwe Approves First MMJ Grow Site    31/5/2019 Zimbabwe’s first medical cannabis farm will be a 10-hectare plot at a prison. The license was granted nearly one year after the government legalized cannabis cultivation for medical and scientific purposes. Zimbabwe officials have approved the nation’s first legal cannabis farm – a 10-hectare cultivation site at …

U.S. Farmers Coming to Zimbabwe to Impart Knowledge

Zimbabwe: U.S. Farmers Coming to Zimbabwe to Impart Knowledge     3/6/2019 Source: Zimbabwe: U.S. Farmers Coming to Zimbabwe to Impart Knowledge – allAfrica.com A group of farmers, from United States will be coming to Zimbabwe for a knowledge sharing project that will see local farmers benefitting through learning modern farming technology from their counterparts. This was revealed …

Let’s make our land productive again

Let’s make our land productive again – NewsDay Zimbabwe   1/6/2019 EDITORIAL IT is heartening that reality has finally dawned on President Emmerson Mnangagwa that us, and only us alone, can lift ourselves from the problems confronting us. “We will use our domestic resources to industrialise, modernise and improve our economy. The speed of development …

Impeachable dispositions

Impeachable dispositions – NewsDay Zimbabwe   1/6/2019 Own correspondent To ‘impeach’ a transaction means to call into question its validity. The Insolvency Act [Chapter 6:07] has a number of sections designed to safeguard the interests of the creditors and some of the sections are intended to protect the creditors where the insolvent has entered into …

Africa must tap into lucrative hemp industry

Africa must tap into lucrative hemp industry   1/6/2019 The Herald Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor A well-regulated medical cannabis or industrial hemp industry in Africa has potential to stimulate economic growth and create jobs across the entire continent, a new report reveals. According to the latest New Frontier Data report titled: “The …

Govt to cushion farmers from inputs price hikes

Govt to cushion farmers from inputs price hikes   1/6/2019 Deputy Minister Haritatos The Herald Wellington Dengu Herald Reporter Government is working towards cushioning farmers from galloping inflation in acquiring inputs and other means of dealing with ongoing climate change to revamp the agricultural sector. This was said by Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural …

Desist from charging USD, Govt depts told

Desist from charging USD, Govt depts told   1/6/2019 The Herald Herald Reporter Government has instructed public departments and businesses to desist from charging goods and services in United States dollars or referencing to the foreign currency in their pricing regime. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development said although it …