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Province to benefit from Command Broiler initiative Lawrence Chitumba Mash Central CorrespondentChicken rearing is now one of the critical components of Command Livestock as Government angles to uplift people’s lives, Mashonaland Central crops and livestock officer Mr Stancilae Tapererwa has said. Speaking at a field day for Command Agriculture maize crop at Mr More …
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Risk of paying costs scares workers from approaching Labour Court Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour MattersWITH many workers who lose cases at the Labour Court having to pay costs to the other party, an appeal to the Court has become a risky business. The question now being asked by many workers and trade unionists is …
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Making sense of differences between evidence and experience By Newsday – April 4, 2018 While there is an increase in emphasis on evidence-based policy, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based this and that, people’s collective experiences may be more powerful than evidence alone. By CHARLES DHEWA If African agriculture and rural development relied solely on evidence without …
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Batswana case shows how complex land issue is in SA By Newsday – April 4, 2018 LAND expropriation, a hot topic in South Africa, has taken a new twist. Led by the governing ANC, the push is to now use the pre-colonial period as the reference date when deciding the land’s rightful owners. By Fred …
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Arda to launch pecan nut project near Bulawayo Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterThe Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (Arda) will soon launch a pecan nut project near Bulawayo, as it embarks on production of the high value commodity. ARDA chairman Basil Nyabadza, this week said the authority had secured a partner for the project …
ZimTrade tips farmers on $4.7bn capsicum market Business ReporterREASERCH from Trade Map indicates that spices are a high value cash crop, which horticulture farmers in Zimbabwe should consider growing more, Zimtrade has said. Capsicum (pepper) comprises the bulk of the global spice trade, taking up 45 percent of all traded spices in 2016 with …
Tobacco exports decline in first quarter Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterZIMBABWE’S tobacco exports have declined by 35.4 percent to 25.3 million kilogrammes in the first quarter of 2017 against 39.2 million kg exported in the comparable period last year. According to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) report for the week ended March …
Poaching cases down | The Herald Freeman Razemba Crime ReporterPoaching cases have decreased countrywide so far this year after the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management declared zero tolerance to illegal wildlife hunting. Statistics show that poaching cases have decreased during the first three months of this year as compared to the same period last …
Water Agreement: All you need to know What is a water abstraction agreement?A water abstraction agreement is a contract that any person, entity or organisation who needs a reservation for their use of raw water from Zinwa managed or State dams enters into with Zinwa for the provision of his or her water requirements. …
Chimanimani farmers restore wetland to face changing future Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryPeter Chieza remembers how famine forced his family to move from Mhandarume to what is now known as Chieza village in 1994. The 56-year-old father of seven was looking forstray cattle with his brothers when they stumbled upon an oasis, the Nyambeya wetland …
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