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Cotton farmers failing to get cash August 3, 2017By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Cotton is Zimbabwe’s second largest export crop after tobacco. COTTON farmers are unhappy over a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) payment arrangement under which they are getting $40 cash per bale, with the balance being deposited in banks or mobile money …
Tongaat spurns settlers’ cane August 3, 2017By Andrew Kunambura, Political Reporter Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister, Shuvai Mahofa HUNDREDS of farmers who last year seized 4 400 hectares of sugarcane fields fromTongaat Hulett in Chiredzi are now in a quandary after the agro-industrial giant refused to buy their crop.The farmers, mostly ZANU-PF loyalists, occupied the fields on the …
Platinum producer to lease 15 000ha to farmers August 3, 2017By Phillimon Mhlanga, Business Reporter Zimplats, chief executive office, Alex Mhembere ZIMBABWE’S largest platinum miner, Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Limited (Zimplats), is planning to lease about 15 000 hectares of land in Ngezi to cattle ranchers.Alex Mhembere, the chief executive officer Australian-listed resources concern, said Zimplats …
Command agriculture misses targets August 3, 2017 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor President Robert Mugabe THE government’s special maize import substitution programme, command agriculture,fell short of its ambitious targets, producing about 30 percent of the country’s maize output in the 2016/17 season, according to official figures.Last year, President Robert Mugabe’s government introduced the programme, funded …
Understanding food sovereignty August 4, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis CorrespondentIn July 2012 the FAO identified specialised, highly experienced and internationally recognised professionals to develop a document with information and analysis that would allow for a better understanding of the scope and potential impact of the concept of food sovereignty on public policy. The following are extracts …
Sadc power generation up August 4, 2017 Local News Sifelani Tsiko Senior WriterThe improved performance of power generating units, coupled with additional capacity from the region’s newly built projects has resulted in a stable power supply system with a surplus not seen before, a senior SADC official has said. Addressing delegates at a SADC Industrialisation Week event held …
2 200 farmers register for soya bean production August 4, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories VP Mnangagwa Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter—Over 2 200 farmers have registered to take part in Government’s initiative to boost soya bean production in collaboration with various stakeholders from the soya bean value chain. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday met various stakeholders in the …
Zim needs $12bn to address power deficit August 4, 2017 Local News Engineer Gloria Magombo Golden Sibanda in Victoria Falls ZIMBABWE requires about $12 billion to address its power deficit and meet future needs of a vibrant industry and economy, the energy regulator has said. Of this figure, a quarter of the funding is needed to …
New FAO programme to fight fall armyworm 0 August 3, 2017 1:58 PM Source: New FAO programme to fight fall armyworm | The Financial Gazette August 3, 2017 By Own Correspondent The fall armyworm was first detected in Africa in early 2016 and is now present in 22 African countries including Zimbabwe. By Farai Mabeza THE Food and …
Sakunda ratchets command agriculture 0 August 3, 2017 1:59 PM Source: Sakunda ratchets command agriculture | The Financial Gazette August 3, 2017 By Dumisani Ndlela, Deputy Editor in Chief Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa COMMODITIES and energy firm, Sakunda Holdings, is planning to expand its involvement in government’s command agriculture programme, partly attributed for last season’s 2,1 million tonne …