Sustainable socio-economic change in agriculture

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Sustainable socio-economic change in agriculture June 8, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Communities should be the ones speaking about agricultural production and transformation more than development agencies Charles DhewaEfforts by development organisations to build the capacity of agro-based rural communities should by now be bearing meaningful fruits in the form of local institutions speaking for themselves. …

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Comesa launches harmonised seed laws

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Comesa launches harmonised seed laws June 8, 2017 Business Mr Bett Business ReportersThe Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) this week launched the harmonised seed regulations aimed at improving seed production and certification across the region.National seed review teams from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi participated in the launch and will …

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Milling industry struggles to settle $87m maize, wheat bill

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Milling industry struggles to settle $87m maize, wheat bill June 8, 2017 Business VP Mnangagwa Business ReporterThe milling industry is battling to settle an outstanding $87 million bill on wheat and maize imported since August 2016, a situation that the sector says is bringing ‘serious operational risk’.“A quick computation of our aggregate private sector imports of …

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Oil producers raise red flag over soya imports

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Oil producers raise red flag over soya imports June 8, 2017 Business Oil producers say the future of soya farming lies in Government taking a firm stance on banning soya imports by speculators Business ReporterEDIBLE oils manufacturing companies have warned that the continued indiscriminate issuance of import permits for soya beans could lead to a collapse …

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Millers call for suspension of food fortification

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Millers call for suspension of food fortification June 8, 2017 Business Mr Tafadzwa Musarara Conrad Mwanawashe Business ReporterTHE grain milling industry has requested Government to suspend, indefinitely, the mandatory food fortification programme scheduled to commence next month saying it would cost about $20 million to import the equipment and machinery for the process.Furthermore, the milling industry would …

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Come up with agricultural policy, Government urged

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Come up with agricultural policy, Government urged June 8, 2017 Local News Christopher Chitindi Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterGovernment should come up with a comprehensive agricultural policy as well as develop a clear irrigation framework spelling out selection processes for beneficiaries to enable the country to attract meaningful investment, legislators have said.The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Mechanisation …

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Minister calls for holistic approach to fisheries

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Minister calls for holistic approach to fisheries June 8, 2017 Local News From Caesar Zvayi at the UNITED NATIONS, New YorkDESPITE being a landlocked country, Zimbabwe takes the implementation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 seriously, Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said. Addressing a partnership dialogue on sustainable fisheries here yesterday, Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri …

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ZRP must not let bad apples tarnish our hospitality industry

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EDITORIAL COMMENT: ZRP must not let bad apples tarnish our hospitality industry June 8, 2017 Opinion & Analysis The declaration by 43,2 percent of tourists interviewed during a Visitor Exit survey covering a 12-month period between December 2015 and November 2016 that they will not visit Zimbabwe again should jolt everyone in the hospitality industry and …

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