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Improve quality of crops, farmers told   Harare BureauThe Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) has challenged farmers in Chiredzi to continuously improve the quality and quantity of their crops to boost their seasonal earnings. Addressing farmers during a field day held at Village 6 in Ward 28 of Chiredzi West Constituency yesterday, AMA Southern Region manager …

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Excessive rains affect quality of cotton crop in Lowveld   A flooded cotton field in this file photo Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziThe excessive rains being received across the Lowveld have started affecting the quality of cotton grown in the region, with some mature cotton bolls now rotting. National Cotton Producers and Marketers’ Association chairman, Mr …

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Gweru farmer gets global certification   Mr Tatenda Karimazondo Midlands CorrespondentGWERU-based farmer Mr Tatenda Karimazondo has received a Global Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification, which qualifies him to export horticulture products to premier destinations abroad. Global GAP is a common standard for farm management practice created in the late 1990s by several European supermarket chains …

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United Refineries diversifies. . . Trailblazes vegetable juice production   Mr Busisa Moyo Prosper Ndlovu/Oliver Kazunga, Business ReportersBULAWAYO giant cooking oil manufacturer, United Refineries Limited (URL), has added vegetable juice manufacturing to its wider product mix as it diversifies operations. The agro-processing firm is renowned for manufacturing cooking oil, soap and stockfeed but recently introduced salad …

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Met dept predicts heavy rains   Tendayi Kasamba, Chronicle ReporterTHE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted more rainfall in most parts of the country with the possibility of localised heavy downpours. This comes at a time when hope had been lost among farmers with fears of a drought that seemed to be imminent. Last month, about …

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Major dams fill up as rains continue   0 March 14, 2018 4:43 PM Source: Major dams fill up as rains continue – DailyNews Live STAFF REPORTER      14 March 2018 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s national dam levels continue to rise on the backdropof heavy downpours that are being experienced across the country. As of March 9, 2018 …

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