Day: January 9, 2017

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Farmers must report armyworm outbreak on sight January 6, 2017 Opinion & Analysis The agricultural season has been progressing really well — abundant rains falling across the country and the Command Agriculture initiative showing much promise. However, farmers are facing a threat of armyworms. Cases have been reported in the northern parts of the …

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ARDA to bankroll $50 million projects with private farmers December 19, 2016 Business Basil Nyabadza Harare BureauTHE Agriculture Rural and Development Authority said it will start with an initial $50 million capital to bankroll various farming projects in partnership with private farmers. Under the arrangement, also known as Arda graduation programme, the Government will facilitate mobilisation …

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Dairy scheme benefits 98 small-scale farmers December 19, 2016 Business Lovemore Zigara, Midlands CorrespondentNINETY-eight small-scale dairy farmers have benefited from the Dairy Revitalisation Programme (DRP) scheme, which facilitated the importation of 400 dairy cows into the country. The Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) and the Zimbabwe Dairy Industrial Trust (ZDIT) are coordinating the programme. The scheme …

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Delta reduces red sorghum contracted hectarage December 19, 2016 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterDELTA Beverages says it has reduced by 70 percent the hectarage for red sorghum under contract farming to 3 300 ha for the 2015/2016 season compared to 11 000 ha contracted the previous season. According to the company’s website, corporate affairs manager Mrs …

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Tobacco exports inch closer to $1bn December 21, 2016 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterFOREIGN currency receipts from tobacco since the beginning of the year are close to reaching $1 billion after 160,5 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf valued $914 million have been exported. Latest statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) indicate that …

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Ema clears pastures ‘invader’ in Mat South December 20, 2016 Local News Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge BureauTHE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has cleared 1 500 hectares of alien invader specie, opuntia fulgida (jumping cholla), which is threatening the extinction of pastures in Matabeleland South Province where more than 500 cattle have died as a result of drought. It …

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