Govt warns fertiliser firms over prices

Govt warns fertiliser firms over prices November 21, 2017 Local News Deputy Minister Marapira Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Bureau—GOVERNMENT has warned fertiliser companies who benefited from the $56 million credit facility opened by Government through African-Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) to support imports of fertiliser for the 2017/18 cropping season against unscrupulously increasing prices of the commodity. Fertiliser prices …

Mash West farmers start planting

Mash West farmers start planting November 20, 2017 MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Mash West BureauTHOUSANDS of farmers in Mashonaland West and Central provinces have taken advantage of rains to start planting. Although irrigation farmers had started early September, rain-fed farming started in earnest last week in Makonde, Kariba, Guruve, Mazowe, Mhondoro, Bindura, Zvimba, Mhangura, Shamva, …

US climbs down on trophy hunting. . . move to boost Zim elephant conservation

US climbs down on trophy hunting. . . move to boost Zim elephant conservation November 20, 2017 Business The Great Elephant Census says the number of jumbos in the country dropped 6 000 to 82 000 due to poaching Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryThe US has lifted a ban on elephant trophies from here and Zambia, three …

30 000t AN fertiliser sent to farmers

www.chronicle.co.zw 30 000t AN fertiliser sent to farmers     Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands CorrespondentTHE country’s sole manufacturer of ammonium  nitrate (AN), Sable Chemical Industries, has released 30 000 tonnes of AN to the market to ease fertiliser shortages. This comes after Government conceded it has failed to distribute farming inputs to farmers under the Presidential …

RBZ doubles export incentive for tobacco farmers to 12,5pct

RBZ doubles export incentive for tobacco farmers to 12,5pct  0 November 18, 2017 9:25 AM   HARARE, November 17 (The Source) – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will pay tobacco farmers an export incentive of 12,5 percent up from 5 percent, in a bid to spur production in the upcoming 2018 farming …

Bank disburses US$63m for agric season

Bank disburses US$63m for agric season  0 November 19, 2017 11:15 AM   Livingstone MarufuAGRIBANK has disbursed over $62,4 million under various facilities for the 2017-2018 summer cropping season as part of efforts to increase agricultural production. Source: Bank disburses US$63m for agric season | The Sunday Mail Nov 19, 2017 The bank, which has since been directed …