Land reform programme not racial: Mombeshora

Land reform programme not racial: Mombeshora Chronicle 11 September 2017 Minister Mombeshora Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau The land reform programme has nothing to do with race, but deals with the equitable distribution of the finite resource to ensure all people contribute to the economy and well being of the nation, the Minister of Lands and Rural …

Government to re-establish agriculture boards, says Made

Government to re-establish agriculture boards, says Made September 7, 2017By Own Correspondent Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph Made By Nyasha Chingono GOVERNMENT is planning to re-establish agricultural boards, a move likely to result in the restoration of controls that had ended with liberalisation of the economy in the late 1990s.Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and …

Farm input schemes blasted

Farm input schemes blasted September 7, 2017By Own Correspondent Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Joseph Made By Farai Mabeza ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL input support programmes by government have stifled agricultural productivity, a joint policy brief on smallholder productivity and subsidies produced by two organisations has said.The Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LFSP) and the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research …

Zim faces illicit pesticide risk

Zim faces illicit pesticide risk September 7, 2017By Own Correspondent Southern Africa has a total of 500 million small holder farmers, the majority of whom are exposed to pesticide risks due to failure to handle pesticides, hence the SSP programme By Nyasha Chingono THE illegal trade in counterfeit pesticides by unregistered dealers is putting farmers’ and …