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Kariba Dam project on course 0 June 9, 2020 2:05 AM Source: Kariba Dam project on course | Herald (Top Stories) Engineer Munyaradzi Munodawafa Kariba Bureau THE Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project is progressing after temporary Covid-19 setbacks were overcome when it got essential service status. To ensure the six-year project is completed on time, the Zambezi River …
Fishing industry in crisis Herald 6/6/2020 Kariba Bureau THE fishing industry here is teetering on the brink of collapse, with some players contemplating pulling out because of low catches, price instability and high operating costs. Compounded by unreliable fuel supplies and other challenges, the prices of kapenta and tilapia fish have gone up with …
Petrol blending back to E20 Herld 8/6/2020 Herald Reporter The mandatory percentage of ethanol blending has been restored to 20 percent after sitting at 10 percent after ethanol production fell below market requirements.. Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi announced the restored percentage in a general notice gazetted as General Notice 926A of …
Chipinge farmers venture into goat production Herald 8/6/2020 Dr Gwaradzimba Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau For three consecutive years the skies have not been generous in Chipinge and neither has the sun been merciful. Once seething rivers – from Save to the smallest – have shrivelled to ghostly figures of past selves. The once frothing …
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Piggery scheme can transform livelihoods Herald 8/6/2020 President Mnangagwa recently launched a piggery scheme under his Presidential Livestock Inputs Support Programme that will see beneficiaries each borrowing two sows and a boar on a free loan. After the first litter, a beneficiary is expected to pass the pigs to the next …
Major dams water levels continue to decline Chronicle 8/6/2020 Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter WATER levels in the country’s major dams continue to decline following the conclusion of the rainy season which left the national dam average at 49 percent in May from 51,2 percent in April. Bulawayo supply dams were the worst affected as …
Fire season looms – Farmers urged to prepare Chronicle 8/6/2020 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent FARMERS have been urged to start preparing for the fire season through biomass harvesting, fire guard construction and mobilisation of firefighting teams in order to reduce the destruction being caused by veld fires each year. The fire season stretches from …
Zimbabwe grain deficit seen widening to 1.17 mln tonnes – Agricultural Commodities 0 June 7, 2020 11:59 AM Source: Zimbabwe grain deficit seen widening to 1.17 mln tonnes – Agricultural Commodities – Reuters HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s grain deficit is expected to widen to 1.17 million tonnes this year despite a small increase in production, the latest official …
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$40k+ Will Buy You a License to Grow Cannabis in Zimbabwe 0 June 7, 2020 12:02 PM Zimbabwe is the second African country to legalize medicinal cannabis for commerical use. For upwards of $40k, cultivation can start Source: $40k+ Will Buy You a License to Grow Cannabis in Zimbabwe – CBD Testers As Africa’s second country to change …
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Zimbabwe still expects to go hungry despite increase in expected maize production 0 June 8, 2020 2:02 AM Zimbabwe is expecting to record an estimated 17% increase in maize production for the 2019/20 agricultural season, but the output is still around half what the country needs. Source: Zimbabwe still expects to go hungry despite increase in expected …
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