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SA chicken imports continue | The Financial Gazette By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor DESPITE a chicken import ban, data from the South African Revenue Services shows that over 1 000 tonnes of frozen chicken and offals were exported by that country to Zimbabwe from 2017.The Livestock, Meat and Advisory Council (LMAC) reports that of …
CSC recapitalisation deal edges close newsday THE Cold Storage Company (CSC) recapitalisation deal is expected to be finalised early next month, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement deputy minister, Davis Marapira has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Marapira told NewsDay that the recapitalisation deal, which has attracted “more than six” partners, was almost done. “We have engaged …
Zim imports grain despite command agric ‘success’ newsday ZIMBABWE is still importing grain despite claims by the government that it had stopped doing so in February last year following a bumper harvest from the command agriculture programme. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI The government, in February last year, said it had stopped issuing grain import permits and …
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Farm workers demand 100% salary hike newsday THE Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) has asked the government to increase the minimum wage for farm workers by at least 100% to $150 per month, saying the current payments were peanuts. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Paawuz general secretary, Raymond Sixpence told NewsDay that …
TIMB rolls out $70m inputs facility newsday TOBACCO Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) is set to roll out a $70 million input facility scheme ahead of the 2018/19 season to boost production of the golden leaf. BY FREEMAN MAKOPA TIMB spokesperson, Isheunesu Moyo told NewsDay that farmers will benefit from the input scheme set to …
Government confirms fuel shortages – NewsDay Zimbabwe newsday 2018-05-17 GOVERNMENT yesterday blamed the current fuel shortages on foreign currency challenges and what it termed “adverse international market forces”. BY TINOTENDA MUNYUKWI In a statement, Energy and Power Development minister Simon Khaya Moyo said efforts were underway to restore normal fuel supplies in the country after …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: New cotton price must be viable in all ends The Herald THE opening of the agricultural marketing season is always punctuated by chaotic scenes — cash shortages, unfaithful merchants and traders who want to reap where they did not sow — and the list of challenges confronted by growers, mainly rural farmers, …
Dairibord revenue up 17pc in Q1 The Herald Enacy MapakameDairy and food processor, Dairibord Holdings’ performance in the four months to April was above the same period last year with revenue growth at 17 percent ahead of prior year. In a trading update to shareholders at the group’s annual general meeting in Harare yesterday, group …
Govt increases soyabean price The Herald Elita Chikwati and Hind SiamGovernment has increased the price of soyabean from $610 to $780 per tonne to promote production of the crop and ensure national food security. Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired), who announced the prices yesterday, said the price …
Beware of bogus land dealers: Minister Shiri The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterLands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Air Chief Marshal (Retired) Perrance Shiri has distanced himself from bogus land dealers who are masquerading as officials in his ministry or his relatives and conning desperate land seekers. Minister Shiri acknowledged that a lot …