Over 2 million people food insecure

Over 2 million people food insecure  Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor 3-3 minutes Zimbabwe will require $140 million for cereals and $31 million for other food commodities to provide a full food basket for the vulnerable households. AN estimated 2,4 million rural Zimbabweans will require food assistance between October 2018 to March 2019, the 2017/2018 Zimbabwe …

Special Economic Zones now operational

Special Economic Zones now operational    3-3 minutes GOVERNMENT has passed a statutory instrument on Special Economic Zones (SEZs), which effectively brings them into full operation. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Statutory Instrument (SI) 154 of 2018 was gazetted on August 17, 2018. The gazette stipulated the fees for every application for a developer, operator or investment, …

Character-building role of African ‘informal’ economies

Character-building role of African ‘informal’ economies    8-10 minutes People who co-exist with kombi drivers in Zimbabwe, matatu drivers in Nairobi’s traffic jammed roads, boda-boda motorcyclists in Kampala and similar situations in African cities have always wondered if those drivers are from the same mother. eMKAMBO: CHARLES DHEWA This is due to their character which …

January disease victims in limbo

January disease victims in limbo    3-3 minutes SCORES of farmers in Mashonaland East who lost their entire herds to January disease have appealed to government for assistance with farming machinery as the summer cropping season approaches. BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA The worst affected districts were Wedza, Chikomba and Goromonzi where farmers, according to government, lost …

President to officially open Hre Agric Show

President to officially open Hre Agric Show   3-3 minutes The Herald Sibongile Maruta and Andrew Muvishi President Mnangagwa will officially open this year’s edition of the Harare Agricultural Show on Friday, Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) chief executive Dr Anxious Masuka has said. The show, which started on Monday, is running under the theme “Field …

Normal to below normal rainfall forecast

Normal to below normal rainfall forecast   6-8 minutes The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter ZIMBABWE is expected to receive normal rains with a bias towards below normal throughout the 2018/19 season, Government has announced. The Meteorological Services Department said this implies the country will receive erratic rains during the 2018/19 season. Presenting the …

Show Society to expand exhibition space

Show Society to expand exhibition space   5-6 minutes The Herald Wimbainashe Zhakata and Daniel Mhonda BUOYED by this year’s high exhibitor response, Manicaland Agricultural Show Society is considering expanding exhibition space to accommodate more participants next year. Acting administrator for the society Ms Pedzisai Rusero told The Herald that they were running out of …

Dry spell cuts prisons maize output

Dry spell cuts prisons maize output   2-3 minutes The Herald Manicaland Correspondent ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Manicaland has expressed concern over the decrease in tonnage of maize it produced this year which has been blamed on the January mid-season dry spell. About one tonne of grain per hectare was produced from the …

Mash Central goes all out ‘Command’

Mash Central goes all out ‘Command’   2-3 minutes The Herald Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Mashonaland Central has taken up Command Agriculture as one of its projects under its annual plan with a budget of $82 398 000 for maize, soyabeans, wheat and broiler production, Agritex crops and livestock production officer Mr Stancilae Tapererwa …