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300k cattle succumb to drought, disease 0 June 14, 2020 11:17 AM Source: 300k cattle succumb to drought, disease | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Senior Reporter At least 300 000 cattle died last year owing to drought and disease, a latest national report has revealed. According to the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report 2019/2020 Season, …
Hunger pandemic deepens Posted on June 12, 2020 by The Independent in Business AFRICAN countries must urgently boost their agriculture budgets as well as food stockpiles and keep supplies flowing to avert a likely hunger crisis, currently heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has revealed. MTHANDAZO NYONI Compiled by the African Development Institute (ADI) following a seminar held …
$48m for irrigation revival Herald 12/6/2020 George Maponga Masvingo Bureau At least 10 major irrigation schemes in Masvingo province are set to undergo rehabilitation and expansion using $48 million budgeted for by Treasury under the National Accelerated Irrigation Development Programme (NAIDP). Once implemented successfully, the development is expected to usher in a new era …
Tongaat to utilise Manyuchi Dam Herald 12/6/2020 Minister Chadzamira Masvingo Bureau Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe and some private players have been given the nod by Government to develop 7 000 hectares of virgin land around Manyuchi Dam in Mwenezi for maize and sugar cane production under irrigation. Manyuchi Dam, which was constructed in the mid-1980s, …
Bakeries to contract farmers Herald 12/6/2020 Dr Basera Mash Central Correspondent Bakeries will be compelled to contract wheat farmers to grow at least 40 percent of their requirements to improve food production, Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Dr John Basera has said. Dr Basera said Government did not want bakeries to …
Winter maize project for Kanyemba Herald 12/6/2020 Masvingo Bureau Government is looking for a contractor to clear 10 000 hectares in Kanyemba, Mashonaland Central Province for winter maize initiative to ensure food security in the country. Expectations are that Government would build on the success of the winter maize initiative in the Lowveld by …
Padenga holds first online AGM Herald 12/6/2020 Enacy Mapakame Crocodile breeder, Padenga Holdings, became the first listed company in Zimbabwe to hold an online annual general meeting, (AGM) as the group observed the social distancing and lockdown requirements necessary to limit the spread of Covid -19 pandemic. Following the outbreak of the pandemic, which …
GMB expects more grain deliveries Herald 12/6/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Farmers are expected to have delivered up to 60 000 tonnes of maize and traditional grains to the Grain Marketing Board by end of June, as the 30 percent early delivery incentive was motivating them. Already, farmers have delivered 48 000 tonnes of …
Ariston seeks to empower workers Chronicle 12/6/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter LISTED agro-industrial firm, Ariston Holdings Limited, is seeking permission from shareholders to provide loans to its Employee Share Ownership Trust (ESOT) as part of the group’s initiative to empower the workers. In a notice to shareholders ahead of the upcoming annual general …
Dairibord works to retain workers: Seeks to increase employees shareholding Chronicle 12/6/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterDAIRIBORD Holdings Limited is seeking shareholder approval to increase shares for its employee share ownership trust to 17,9 million from 10 million as part of an initiative to retain the “appropriate” calibre of workers. In a …
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