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Zimbabwe Price Bulletin, September 2020 – Zimbabwe Situation 2-3 minutes English Situation Report on Zimbabwe about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 30 Sep 2020 by FEWS NET Source: Zimbabwe Price Bulletin, September 2020 – Zimbabwe | ReliefWeb The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable …
Farmers decry artisanal miners’ activities Herald 1/10/2020 Cde Edmond Mkaratigwa Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief A health hazard is looming in Shurugwi District, amid indications of a surge in cancer and tuberculosis cases linked to cyanide and mercury that is being used by artisanal miners. Villagers said they had lost more than 100 cattle, …
Zim’s new cannabis law opens doors for big business Herald 1/10/2020 Dr Mavoreke Sifelani Tsiko The Interview Recently, the Government gazetted Statutory Instrument 218 of 2020 [CAP. 18:24 Agriculture Marketing Authority (Industrial Hemp) Regulations, 2020 that regularised the growing, processing and supply of industrial hemp (cannabis) by farmers in Zimbabwe for industrial purposes. In this …
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Devolution helps Mutoko add value to tomatoes Herald 1/10/2020 Sen Munzverengwi Rutendo Rori Mash East Correspondent Mashonaland East Province is using the money it received under devolution funds to establish a tomato processing factory at Tabudirira Training Centre in Mutoko, which will be used for the value addition of tomatoes into tomato sauce, puree …
Cannabis farming potential cash cow for Zimbabwe Chronicle 1/10/2020 Cannabis has over the years been packaged in different ways including “space muffins”, mostly to evade its illegality for recreational uses in the country Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Senior Features Reporter Cannabis use for recreational purposes remains an offence in Zimbabwe although Government legalised its production for …
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USAID and WFP provide relief to over 100,000 urban dwellers during Covid-19 0 September 30, 2020 5:42 PM HARARE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today commenced cash disbursements in the scale-up of the Urban Social Assistance programme thanks to funding from the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Source: USAID …
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Conservation Agriculture on a roll in Zimbabwe 0 October 1, 2020 2:00 AM Source: Conservation Agriculture on a roll in Zimbabwe A new government initiative is aimed at increasing farmers’ resilience Photo: Foundations for Farming The Government of Zimbabwe has set a target to train 1.8 million farmers in Conservation Agriculture (CA) by October 2020 in time …
Day-old chicks in short supply NewsDay 30/9/2020 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA A serious shortage of broiler day-old chicks has dogged the market with farmers spending nights at the retailers’ premises to buy the chicks, NewsDay Business has established. With the easing of COVID-19-induced lockdown restrictions, chicken farmers who had taken a hiatus in breeding are scrambling …
CSC to go under reconstruction Chronicle 29/9/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Government is considering placing the Cold Storage Company (CSC) under reconstruction in order to bring the entity back on its feet as it is taking long to resuscitate the entity. The reconstruction model allows the company to recover outside of the …
Zimbabwe’s Feed the Future Farmers Demonstrate Resilience During the COVID-19 Lockdown 0 September 30, 2020 9:40 AM Source: Zimbabwe’s Feed the Future Farmers Demonstrate Resilience During the COVID-19 Lockdown – Zimbabwe | ReliefWeb On March 30, the Government of Zimbabwe announced a nation-wide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. People were instructed to stay home, and to …
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