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Sugar output sours, decline projected December 1, 2015 THE sugar industry is projecting a decline in output due to lower cane yields by both the sugar milling estates and private farmers. BY VICTORIA MTOMBA Hippo Valley Estates Limited chairperson, Murray Munro, said lower consumer spending, compounded by tighter liquidity challenges, high unemployment levels, coupled with …
G Govt to step up efforts to curb foot-and-mouth December 2, 2015 Business Cattle affected by the disease Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterGOVERNMENT will step up efforts to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the country’s six provinces amid fears that the disease is threatening efforts to resume beef exports to the lucrative European Union, …
Treasury avails $2,3 million for animal surveillance, disease control TREASURY has pledged $2,3 million next year for animal disease surveillance, prevention and procurement of vaccines to contain outbreaks of diseases such as anthrax, foot-and-mouth (FMD), lumpy skin and black leg. Nqobile Bhebhe/SIMON PHIRI Presenting the 2016 National Budget in Parliament last Thursday, Finance minister Patrick …
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Economic woes bite Hippo Valley NDAKAZIVA MAJAKA • 27 NOVEMBER 2015 10:59AM • 0 COMMENTS HARARE – Sugar producer, Hippo Valley Estates Limited (Hippo), says its profit for the six months to September 30, 2015 slumped to $2,3 million from $9 million recorded prior period comparative on the back of challenging economic conditions. In a statement accompanying …
CHAMPS WHO CANT SCORE Research underpins agriculture November 30, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis George Chisoko Senior Assistant EditorWhenever the word agriculture is mentioned, what quickly comes to the minds of many people is simply cropping in terms of the availability of inputs. It denotes only the cultivation of the land for production yet by definition …
Drought spectre evokes bad memories November 27, 2015 in News MANY Zimbabweans who experienced the 1991-92 drought, recorded by the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) as the worst drought in living memory, still vividly remember its devastating effects. Wongai Zhangazha Most people, including those relatively well off, found the going tough due to massive food shortages countrywide.Due …
Editorial Comment: Cotton farmers must work on value addition November 26, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Cotton is the lifeblood of Gokwe and some areas along the Zambezi and Save valleys. Remove the crop; you have extinguished life out of the area. Since the cotton crisis started some three seasons ago, incomes for farmers in Gokwe and …
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The future of agriculture: The way forward November 26, 2015 Business Tapuwa MashangwaIT is important to understand that every process in agriculture should never be overlooked regardless of how trivial it may seem. Many farming setups and projects have failed all because the manager or those responsible took for granted or overlooked obligatory and paramount requisites …
Contract wheat farming suspended November 26, 2015 Business Contract wheat farming suspended due to domestic market failures Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has withdrawn from the Memorandum of Understanding with the National Bakers Association (NBA) citing weak enforcement of agreed quotas. The move has also forced the suspension of contract …
Ministry launches cattle fattening scheme November 27, 2015 Business Brighton Gumbo recently in MberengwaTHE Ministry of Small to Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development has launched a cattle fattening project in Mberengwa. The project is part of a $90,000 fund that was disbursed to six national districts by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP). Similar projects are …