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Zim needs US$135m annually for fertilizer production – NewsDay Zimbabwe 26/3/2019 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S fertilizer industry requires about $135 million per year in foreign currency to operate at 60% capacity or more so that it meets current demand, an official in the industry has said. Zimbabwe Fertilizer Manufacturers Association (ZAFM) chairman Tapuwa Mashingaidze …
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Gonarezhou to reintroduce rhinos – NewsDay Zimbabwe 26/3/2019 BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA Gonarezhou National Park is set to reintroduce over 20 rhinoceros into the vast wildlife conservancy next year, after the last of the 200 rhinos that were kept in the park were gunned down by poachers more than 30 years ago. Director of the …
Work starts on Rutenga- Sango Xai-Xai Highway – NewsDay Zimbabwe 26/3/2019 BY REX MPHISA GOVERNMENT has started preparatory work to construct the Rutenga-Sango Border Post Highway, with tenders expected to be flighted “soon”, a top official has disclosed. The 150km stretch from Rutenga to Sango will join an already developed road to Xai Xai, …
Young farmer appointed DeutschConnect agriculture ambassador 26.3/2019 The Herald Bridgette Moyo and Courtney Matende Midlands Reporters DeutschConnect an organisation that seeks to link Southern African Start Ups and Young Entrepreneurs with German business ecosystem has appointed Midlands based young champion farmer Mr John Muchenje as its Agricultural Ambassador. Speaking from his German base, the …
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ZFPA to hold fish farming indaba 26/3/2019 The Herald As Zimbabwe sets out to develop a fully-fledged fish farming industry, a number of initiatives can be adopted to grow the vast aquaculture potential of the country. Zimbabwe already boasts the largest fish farming operation in Africa and there is scope to grow small-scale commercial …
Normalcy returns at tobacco floors 26/3/2019 The Chronicle Kudakwashe Mhundwa and Kumbirai Tarusarira Activities at the country’s Tobacco Auction Floors are expected to improve this week following the scrapping of the 2 percent electronic transfer tax on all activities being done at the country’s tobacco floors, with prices being offered for the crop beginning …
Govt set to ferry fuel by road – NewsDay Zimbabwe 25/3/2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA GOVERNMENT is considering bringing in fuel by road after Cyclone Idai flattened Mozambique’s port city of Beira linking the country’s fuel pipeline. The port, which houses the control room which pumps fuel into the pipeline, was the worst affected with …
30 000 tonnes of wheat expected 25/3/2019 The Herald Herald Correspondents THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) last Thursday said it was expecting a wheat consignment of 30 000 tonnes this week to avert bread shortages. GMAZ public relations manager Mr Garikai Chaunza said they have made an alternative after more than 100 …
Small-scale pig producers cry foul 25/3/2019 The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Small-scale pig producers are complaining over the suspension by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB)to sell maize for stockfeeds to individual farmers. The farmers complained that GMB was prioritising major stockfeed manufacturers who were taking advantage of the move to rip off …
Cyclone Idai hits 2019 tobacco output 25/3/2019 The Chronicle Business Reporter THE output for this year’s tobacco marketing season is projected to decline due to the damage of the crop and the barns by the deadly Cyclone Idai. The natural disaster, which recently struck most parts of Manicaland and Mashonaland East provinces, left a …