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Why Zim farming sector is under-performing Tapuwa MashangwaONE of the lessons I learnt this week is that there is nothing for free and those who succeed in life are usually the ones that are willing and decide to pay for any commodity or service. The Bible clearly states that man should work in order …
Farm swap deal backfires for farmer Minister Perrance Shiri Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court ReporterTHE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Chief Air Marshal (Retired) Perrance Shiri, has been taken to court by a brother to Special Advisor in the Office of the President on Disability Issues, Cde Joshua Malinga, over a botched farm swap deal. …
Britain expresses optimism about Zim’s future Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa chats with British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Mr Boris Johnson Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle CorrespondentBRITAIN has expressed optimism for Zimbabwe’s future following the peaceful transition last November that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding ex-President Robert Mugabe. British Secretary of State for Foreign …
Matabeleland South farmers replant as dry spell ends – February 27, 2018 FARMERS in West Acre, Matabeleland South, have started replanting their crops after their first crop wilted due to the continued dry spell as rains that fell early this month in the province have given them new hope. BY LINDA CHINOBVA Farmers who …
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Tempers flare over ‘secretive’ Arda deals – February 27, 2018 Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena TEMPERS flared in Parliament yesterday as Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) board chairperson Basil Nyabadza pointed fingers at the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture Justice Mayor Wadyajena, accusing the Zanu PF legislator of “acting like a …
Farmers optimistic of good harvest Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterFarmers are optimistic of a meaningful harvest owing to the heavy rains being received in almost all parts of the country.Low and erratic rains had threatened the 2017/18 harvest. Most farmers whose crops had not reached the vegetative stage during the December-January dry spell said …
Tobacco farmers hopeful to meet target Flue-cured tobacco Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union (ZCFU) says tobacco deliveries are likely to hit the targeted 200 million kilogrammes mark this marketing season riding on the latest good rains. Most parts of the country had experienced a severe dry spell towards end of December …
Land tenure laws threaten timber sector By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri ZIMBABWE’S land tenure system could drive timber industry players out of business in the next eight years, Timber Federation of Zimbabwe chief executive officer, Darlington Duwa, has warned.Speaking at the National Consultative Dialogue Workshop …
Allow GMO soya — oil producers By Own Correspondent United Refineries Limited, chief executive Busisa Moyo OIL Expressers Association chairman, Busisa Moyo, has called on government to review its ban on the use of genetically modified varieties in soya bean production in order to increase local output and reduce reliance on costly imports. Zimbabwe imports …
Climate change haunts villagers – February 24, 2018 COSMAS Nyaruwata (48) leaned against his truck pondering the next move after its two rear tyres had burst along the pothole infested Marondera-Cross strip road. BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA Nyaruwata, a successful trader who sells tomatoes in Nyanga, was travelling from Mutoko where he had gone to …