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Economic consequences of Command Agriculture By Newsday – October 17, 2019 Tendai Kamba In an effort to revive the agricultural sector, government has asked the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to print electronic dollars, increasing money supply and flooding the market with created dollars (wish it could be called (Mosi-oa-tunya currency — the currency that keeps falling) in …
2019 tobacco season: What went wrong? By Newsday – October 17, 2019 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA THE 2019 tobacco marketing season ended with a plethora of short-changings that must never be allowed to recur if authorities are keen on sustaining tobacco farming in the country. It is well known that tobacco farming is a billion-dollar industry that cashes …
New notes being printed By Newsday – October 17, 2019 BY VENERANDA LANGA / FIDELITY MHLANGA NEW bank notes will be introduced into the market in a few months’ time to ease the current serious shortage of cash in the country, a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) official has revealed. RBZ deputy director for finance and markets, …
How crop residue can help fight climate change Herald 17/10/2019 Dries Roobroeck Correspondent Farmers in countries like Uganda could help fight climate change — and improve their crop yields — by adding agricultural waste to their fields. The process removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it in the soil. It’s a strategy proposed under the United Nations Framework Convention …
South Africa’s power utility implements load-shedding Herald 17/10/2019 Eskom, which provides about 95 percent of the South Africa’s electricity, implemented power cuts yesterday amid maintenance problems. The rand weakened as investors fretted about the effect on economic growth. Power shortages have been a major constraint on output in Africa’s most industrialised economy. Protracted outages …
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New Command Agric terms to ensure loan repayment Herald 17/10/2019 Minister Shiri Nyasha Mapasa Manicaland Correspondent Government’s new conditions for farmers wishing to access funding for maize and soya bean under Command Agriculture will ensure the repayment of loans and improve food security, an official has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement …
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Editorial Comment: Agric inputs suppliers need mindset shift Herald 17/10/2019 Fertiliser The majority of key players in the agriculture sector in Zimbabwe appear to have for long been paying leap service towards agriculture financing. As such, Government has been the biggest financier of agriculture since the inception of agrarian reform in the country. However, …
Zinwa decommissions 3 major dams in Mat South Chronicle 17/10/2019 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has decommissioned three major dams in Matabeleland South Province as their capacity is below 25 percent, an official has said. Speaking during a meeting for heads of Government departments from Matabeleland South Province on Tuesday, …
Zim records rise in veld fire incidents Chronicle 17/10/2019 Michell Zvanyanya, Chronicle Reporter ZIMBABWE has recorded an increase in fire incidents which have destroyed more than 957 000 hectares of land and killed three people since the beginning of this year, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), has said. In a statement that marked the beginning …
Bread price up 61% By Newsday – October 16, 2019 BY TAFADZWA MHLANGA Zimbabwe’s bread price has shot up 61% to $15 after days of shortages, piling more misery on a citizenry already bearing the brunt of poor earnings. This comes after the bread price had been continuously going up since last year due to shortage of …