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‘Destroy tobacco stalks’ 1/5/2019 The Herald Mashonaland West Bureau Tobacco farmers in Mashonaland West Province have been urged to destroy tobacco stalks in their fields before the stipulated dates to prevent establishment and spread of diseases and pests. Tobacco stalks have to be destroyed by May 15 of each year. In an interview recently, …
52 000 in need of food aid in Chiredzi 1/5/2019 The Herald Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent MORE than 50 000 people in Chiredzi District need food urgently following drought in the 2017/18 farming season caused by the El-Nino weather phenomenon, World Food Programme (WFP) Country director, Mr Eddie Rowe, has said. In a statement …
Trust seeks to put 500ha under winter maize 1/5/2019 The Herald George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Masvingo Development Trust is this year planning to put 500 hectares under winter maize in the Lowveld, as the organisation moves to ramp up aggregate grain output and boost income to finance various developmental projects across the province. The …
5 000 Masvingo families venture into fish farming 1/5/2019 The Herald Walter Mswazie Masvingo Bureau OVER 5 000 families here have been cushioned from effects of successive droughts after the United Nations (UN) helped them to venture into commercial fish farming and bee-keeping. In an interview on the sidelines of a tour of UN-funded …
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IDBZ to bankroll Mat South irrigation scheme 1/5/2019 Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe The Chronicle AT least 450 hectares of farm-land in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province will be opened up under a planned irrigation scheme to enhance the country’s food security while some of the produce is earmarked for the export market. Agricultural …
Editorial Comment: Zim’s shambolic land tenure system a ticking time bomb – NewsDay Zimbabwe 30/4/2019 Editorial Comment IT is sad to hear that some widows of our war veteran brothers are being harassed and pushed off the land on which they had been resettled during the chaotic 2000 land reform programme. While these acts …
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Trial date set for former Zanu PF MP, son in $10m fraud case – NewsDay Zimbabwe 30/4/2019 BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE A HARARE magistrate has set May 24 as the trial date for former Zanu PF MP for Muzarabani South and Zimbabwe Farmers’ Development Company (ZFDC) chairperson Edward Raradza who is facing charges of defrauding …
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Don’t buy uncertified seeds, farmers told 30/4/2019 The Herald Sukoluhle Ndlovu Midlands Correspondent Farmers have been urged to desist from buying uncertified seeds which have a poor germination rate attributed to low yields, an official has said. Seed Co southern region manager Mr Charles Munyoro said farmers should not buy seed from the streets …
Arda rescues livestock producers 30/4/2019 The Herald Nesia Mhaka in Tsholotsho The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) has come to the rescue of cattle producers in Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces who are facing challenges with pastures, by drilling boreholes and providing them with hay. Speaking during a tour of ARDA Sedgwick …
Cyanide kills 14 cattle, meat on sale 304/2019 The Herald Manicaland Correspondent VILLAGERS in Mutasa are living in fear of poisoning after reports that meat from cattle suspected to have died of cyanide poisoning was being sold in the area. At least 14 cattle reportedly died recently in Mutasa in suspected case of cyanide …