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Opportunities lie ahead for CSC The Herald 9/11/2021 Bulawayo Bureau SOMETIME in December 2020, the Government moved to avert the liquidation of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) by placing it under a corporate rescue plan in terms of the Insolvency Act while facilitating its revival. Corporate rescue, also known as business rescue or judicial …
Insurance for small scale farmers key The Herald 9/11/2021 Tirivanhu Kateera-Correspondent Over the years, farmers especially communal and small scale farmers have lost produce be it crops or animals to adverse weather effects as the same were not insured. The reasons for not taking up insurance cover vary from farmer to farmer amongst them, …
1 million women trained as Pfumvudza rolls out Herald 9/11/2021 The Pfumvudza programme is one of the key touch points in the Agriculture Recovery Plan, a blueprint aimed at reversing declining production and productivity trends in the agricultural sector. Elita Chikwati–Senior Agriculture Reporter More than 1 million women farmers have been trained under the Government …
Why should you not overlook the consumer buying power? The Chronicle 8/11/2021 By Charles Dhewa ONE of the most overlooked trends in African agriculture-driven economies is the buying power of local consumers. When the private sector, government departments and development agencies support agriculture, they rarely think about whether local consumers will be able to afford …
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New artificial dryer to boost Seed Co sales volumes The Chronicle 9/11/2021 Senior Business Reporter THE recent completion of an artificial maize seed dryer coupled with regional exports and sustained rainfall are expected to boost Seed Co sales volumes. In July this year, Zimbabwe’s leading seed producer commissioned a US$12 million artificial maize seed drying …
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Govt repossesses idle farms The Chronicle 9/11/2021 Harare Bureau Government has withdrawn offer letters from two farmers in Manicaland Province who were not utilising the land. The land amounts to more than 600 hectares, which were acquired under the Land Reform Programme. In a notice yesterday Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr …
Heatwave to get worse: Met Dept The Chronicle 9/11/2021 Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu,Senior Reporter THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has issued a heatwave warning, saying temperatures are set to further soar today before the country gets rains. Members of the public have also been urged to avoid the outdoors and stay hydrated all the time to avoid …
Avian flu: Zim on high alert 0 November 8, 2021 11:50 AM Source: Avian flu: Zim on high alert | The Herald Dr Nyika Sifelani Tsiko Agric Editor Zimbabwe is on high alert following an outbreak of bird flu in South Africa’s Overberg area of the Western Cape that has led to the mass death of wild …