Category: Agriculture (archives)

Shashe Trust brings life to Beitbridge through irrigation July 10, 2017 Business Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge BureauMATABELELAND South Province is one of the drought-prone areas in the country where crop farming does not do well given low rainfall totals. Such dry areas can only produce enough food through irrigation farming, which requires serious investment in infrastructure development. …

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Fully utilise land, communal farmers urged July 10, 2017 Local News Acting President Phelekezela Mphoko assesses progress on the Bubi Tillage programme in the district yesterday. In the picture, he watches as a tractor tills the land in Nkenyane Pamela Shumba, Senior ReporterACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko has urged communal farmers to consolidate the gains of independence …

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Command Agric abusers face jail By ZimSitRep_M | July 9, 2017 0 Comment Source: Command Agric abusers face jail – Sunday News Jul 9, 2017 Harare BureauFARMERS who misuse inputs accessed under the Specialised Maize Production and Import Substitution Programme (Command Agriculture) face criminal prosecution or loss of property under new regulatory measures introduced to ring-fence against abuse. Statutory Instrument 79 …

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Command agriculture shocker By ZimSitRep_M | July 9, 2017 1 Comment Source: Command agriculture shocker – The Standard July 9, 2017 HARARE — Zimbabwe’s budget deficit will increase by nearly $120 million this year due to a maize subsidy, Reuters calculations show, in a scheme critics of President Robert Mugabe say will be open to abuse and saddle a troubled economy …

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Cotton seed sales rise July 6, 2017By Shame Makoshori, Senior Business Reporter Cotton output is projected to recover to around 110 000 tonnes in the 2016/17 season COTTON seed sales during the year to June 16, 2017 amounted to seven million kilogrammes, marking a 100 percent increase over the prior year when no sales were recorded, …

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Imports threaten honey producers July 6, 2017By Own Correspondent Honey production has declined despite an increase in the number of beekeepers in the country. MUTARE — The country’s apiculture sector is under threat from imports, which now account for more than 50 percent of the market after local production slumped over the past two years. Statistics …

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Meat processors in quandary   July 6, 2017By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Processed meat was of the country’s biggest foreign currency earners before the closure of CSC. A GLOBAL ban on the trade of mechanically deboned meat (MDM), the main ingredient in processed meat, has crippled local manufacturers of processed meats and sausages.Imports of …

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Middlemen ‘hijack’ GMB Mash West depots July 7, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau—Grain Marketing Board (GMB) officials are reportedly facilitating the buying and storage of grain at silos by some middlemen, who now enjoy VIP status. Once it is known that the grain belongs to the middlemen, some of them remaining white farmers, it …

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Zim imports maize despite ‘bumper harvest’ July 6, 2017 in Business ZIMBABWE imported maize worth $82 million in the first five months of the year at a time the country was boasting of a bumper harvest, latest trade data from Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has shown. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI This came as government had indicated it …

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Experiences of a young tobacco grower July 6, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis BAT invests in training young tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe Buhle Nkomo CorrespondentThe interest in farming by young Zimbabweans has steadily grown over the years. Many have seen it as a viable means to make an honest living and support themselves and their families. …

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