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Zim operating costs high: Lake Harvest By Newsday.Co.Zw – August 26, 2020 ONE of the country’s biggest fish producers, Lake Harvest, says costs of production in Zimbabwe are very high compared to neighbouring countries, which makes it difficult for the company to be competitive. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI The company made the revelation during a ZimTrade-facilitated company …
Hope for subdued agricultural sector By Newsday.Co.Zw – August 26, 2020 ZIMBABWE’s subdued agricultural sector remains hopeful of turning the corner if stakeholders embrace technology and the on-going crop production intensification programme, Pfumvudza, Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) chief executive officer Clever Isaya said yesterday. BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Isaya said the sector has been hard-hit by the …
Great strides made since 2017 Herald 26/8/2020 Zimbabwe is expecting a bumper wheat harvest Since the coming in of the Second Republic in 2017, a lot of progress has been registered in various fields, setting the ground for achieving Vision 2030. New projects have been implemented across various sectors, with the effect of ensuring …
Editorial Comment: Predicted wetter season boon for Pfumvudza Herald 26/8/2020 The Pfumvudza concept encourages the use of fully decomposed manure to promote the improvement of soil structure It is good news that Zimbabwe could have higher than average rainfall over the next few months, if a forecast by a global climate agency predicting greater …
COMMENT: Let’s make Command Agriculture, Presidential Input Scheme work Chronicle 26/8/2020 YESTERDAY we reported that southern African countries, including Zimbabwe, are likely to receive above normal rainfall following the prediction of a La Nina season in the 2020/21 rainy season. In a La Nina climate pattern, the winds above the Pacific Ocean are much …
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John Deere deal revives Zimbabwe mechanisation hopes 0 August 25, 2020 10:16 AM Will a deal with John Deere to deliver and finance tractors make a significant difference to the country’s ailing agricultural sector? Tendai Marima reports Source: John Deere deal revives Zimbabwe mechanisation hopes – African Business Magazine Deliveries of tractors and generous loan arrangements have raised …
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Cash crisis hits cotton farmers 0 August 26, 2020 2:05 AM Source: Cash crisis hits cotton farmers – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY FIDELITY MHLANGA THE debilitating cash crisis in the economy has affected cotton farmers this selling season resulting in cotton buyers giving them equipment in exchange for their produce. At the beginning of the season, government approved …
SUSTAINABLE VANILLA: WHERE DO YOUR VANILLA BEANS COME FROM? By Tatenda Mutambara – August 24, 2020 Vanilla is one of the world’s favourite spices and it would be hard to comprehend life without vanilla. Sadly, the sweet innocence of the simple vanilla bean belies the dark underbelly of global vanilla production. The good news is today, more …
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Pfumvudza looks set to steal the show . . . Herald 25/8/2020 The Pfumvudza concept encourages the use of fully decomposed manure to promote the improvement of soil structure Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight LAND preparations for the 2020/21 farming season have started in earnest with most farmers on dry land pushing to plant with the …
Residents make ends meet through selling chickens Chronicle 25/8/2020 Ms Nyaradzo Bethani Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter AN increasing number of Bulawayo residents are resorting to backyard poultry projects as a budget beating measure. While long queues have become synonymous with banks or Zupco buses, there is an increasing number of people queuing to buy …
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