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Survival in the wild Sunday Mail 13/10/2019 Phineas Chauke IT is not called wildlife for nothing. Life in the wild is not only survival of the fittest but also of the most shrewd and merciless. In the jungle it’s a live and let die scenario where you eat or be eaten. For predators to …
Peas top fresh produce exports Sunday Mail 13/10/2019 Mrs Jacqueline Nyathi stresses a point while Sunday News Business Reporter Chrispen Gumunyu listens during the workshop Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Farming Reporter PEAS production is continuously catapulting the growth of the country’s horticultural exports, which have recorded a significant rise over the past few years, an official …
Construction of amacimbi plant nears completion Sunday Mail 13/10/2019 Dr Sithembiso Nyoni Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Business Reporter WORK on the country’s first state-of-the-art mopani worm (amacimbi) processing plant in Beitbridge is nearing completion, a Cabinet Minister has said. In a telephone interview with Sunday News Business last Friday, Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Dr Sithembiso …
Blackout fears as coal stocks plunge 2 October 12, 2019 6:42 AM Source: Blackout fears as coal stocks plunge | eBusiness Weekly October 11, 2019 Martin Kadzere and Panashe Chikonyora Hwange Thermal Power Station, the country’s second largest power plant, is operating with critically low stocks of coal due to low supplies from the miners amid fears the situation …
Zimbabwean company sows first legal hemp seeds 1 October 12, 2019 8:05 PM Source: Zimbabwean company sows first legal hemp seeds | Fin24 A Zimbabwean company planted the country’s first authorised hemp crop on Friday at a prison in the capital Harare after the production of industrial cannabis was legalised last month. The Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust (ZIHT) …
$50m bank loans too little: LMAC 0 October 13, 2019 6:55 AM Source: $50m bank loans too little: LMAC | Newsday (National) THE Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (Lmac) has said the maximum bank lending limit of $50 million for each project is inadequate to finance cropping by major contracting companies for the new season due to …
Farmers start receiving inputs 1 October 13, 2019 7:07 AM Source: Farmers start receiving inputs | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Kuda Bwititi Chief Reporter DISTRIBUTION of inputs to small holder farmers under the Presidential Input Support Scheme, which targets 640 000 hectares of maize, has begun countrywide. At least 1,6 million and 350 00 hectares will be …
Economic chaos is causing a food security and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe 0 October 14, 2019 2:03 AM Zimbabwe’s food insecurity is not just about food production, but access too. It is affected by, among others, the value of assets when sold and social and cultural dimensions that go into exchange. Source: Economic chaos is causing a …
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Unlocking Zim’s dead capital Posted on October 11, 2019 by The Independent in Analysis Victor Bhoroma…analyst AGRICULTURE remains central to Zimbabwe’s economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and forward integration to the manufacturing sector for provision of …
‘High agric input costs threaten productivity’ Herld 11/10/2019 Much attention has focused lately on the rising prices of farm inputs in the build-up to the 2019–2020 agricultural season. Key crop input prices are rising and show no sign of slowing. Our Agric, Environment and Innovations Editor Sifelani Tsiko (ST) speaks to a researcher at the …