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‘Old industry must gear for incoming competition’ August 17, 2017By Staff Reporter Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s government is pursuing the introduction of Special Economic Zones in a bid to attract investment into the country. The Special Economic Zones Authority, which is spearheading the effort, has started taking shape …
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Timber firms pine for SEZ status August 17, 2017By Staff Reporter Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri MUTARE — Timber industry players are lobbying government to grant them Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status as the sector seeks to regain lost ground.The players are lobbying through their association, the Timber Producers Federation (TPF).SEZ is …
Government threatens to reverse land reform August 18, 2017 in News GOVERNMENT has threatened to withdraw offer letters from struggling farmers allocated land under the land reform programme if they fail to pay leases and rentals. BY RICHARD CHIDZA In a notice published yesterday, the Lands and Rural Resettlement ministry warned beneficiaries of the chaotic land reform …
Agric boards revival on cards Dr Made Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZIGovernment has said plans are at an advanced stage towards the re-creation of marketing boards that will champion the reintroduction of Government monopoly in the trading of all agricultural products across the country. In an interview with The Herald yesterday, Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation …
Presidential cotton inputs ready — Govt Dr Made Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterCotton inputs for the 2017-18 Presidential Inputs Scheme have been dispatched to various Cottco depots across the country and are ready for collection by farmers. The inputs are set to benefit 400 000 households, with each household getting an allocation for one hectare. …
Farmers smuggle cotton into Mozambique Harare BureauSOME local cotton farmers in the border areas of Mukumbura and Rushinga are smuggling their produce to Mozambique where they are being paid cash upon delivery. Investigations by our sister paper, The Herald Business revealed that some farmers in Chionde, Chiwenga, Kakono and Gairezi in northern Zimbabwe were …
Avian flu disrupts poultry supplies 0 August 17, 2017 2:28 PM Source: Avian flu disrupts poultry supplies | The Financial Gazette August 17, 2017 By Staff Reporter The first outbreak struck Lanark Farm in May, where Irvine’s Zimbabwe was forced to slaughter 140 000 chickens. TWO Avian Influenza outbreaks that have hit Zimbabwe’s largest poultry producer’s broiler breeder and …
Getting agric moving: Finance and credit Contract farming has been the lifeblood of Zimbabwe’s agriculture, particularly tobacco, in the absence of loan finance Ian Scoones CorrespondentGETTING the agricultural sector financed is a key challenge in Zimbabwe, and links concretely to land administration challenges discussed in previous blogs in this series. Making both places and people …
Recommended tobacco transplanting agronomic practices Tobacco ridges with planting holes marked out ready for transplanting Buhle Nkomo CorrespondentSeptember 1 is the earliest legislative date for transplanting tobacco from the seedbed to the field. In preparation for this date, farmers are expected to have destroyed tobacco stalks and re-growths which are hosts for pests and agents …
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Setting up an agric commodity exchange Perishable commodities tend to have a high turnover and good prices if produced at the right time Charles Dhewa Correspondent One mistake that has to be avoided is trying to build an agricultural commodity exchange from external case studies. Each context is unique and requires carefully taking into account existing …