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Govt sends consultant to Tokwe Mukosi Dam July 19, 2017 Local News Deputy Minister Marapira From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has dispatched a consultant to Tokwe Mukosi Dam as plans to start developing a mega-irrigation scheme using Zimbabwe’s largest inland dam intensify. The consultant would, among other things, validate the existing irrigation master plan to pave for …
Mat South targets 9 000 tonnes command wheat July 19, 2017 Business Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge BureauMATABELELAND South Province has set a target yield of 9 000 tonnes of wheat planted under the Command Agriculture scheme, an official has said. The chairperson of the provincial coordinating committee on Command Agriculture, Mr Masauso Mawocha, said so far they have …
AMA to float $80 million bills for maize purchase July 19, 2017 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) plans to float $80 million worth of bills to finance the buying of local maize for the 2017 season. During the same period last year, AMA floated an additional $50 million bills for the 2016 …
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‘Farmers to deliver 1m tonnes of maize by Sept’ 0 July 18, 2017 8:23 AM Source: ‘Farmers to deliver 1m tonnes of maize by Sept’ – DailyNews Live Gift Phiri 17 July 2017 HARARE – Zimbabwean farmers are expected to deliver 1 million tonnes ofmaize to the State grain agency by September, Davis Marapira, deputyAgriculture minister responsible …
RBZ ‘hoodwinks’ tobacco farmers 1 July 18, 2017 8:56 AM Source: RBZ ‘hoodwinks’ tobacco farmers | Newsday (Business) ZIMBABWE Commercial Farmers’ Union (ZCFU) says tobacco farmers were sold a dummy on cash availability and the e-marketing system, as the end of this marketing season draws to an end. By Fidelity Mhlanga ZCFU president, Wonder Chabikwa …
Windmill powered borehole transforms livelihoods July 18, 2017 in Feature Story, News Forty-six-year-old Agnes Chida has no regrets that she and her husband relocated from Harare to the rural outskirts of Hurungwe in 2014 to preach the gospel. BY NHAU MANGIRAZI Shepard and Agnes Chida in their garden Although many who migrate to rural outposts often struggle to …
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Of free Presidential cotton inputs & re-birth of the ginning sector July 18, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightWhat essentially started as a Presidential Inputs Support Scheme to cushion cotton farmers from prohibitive costs of production coupled with very unviable producer prices has morphed into a resurgent cotton industry climaxing in the re-opening of more than six Cottco …
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Of free Presidential cotton inputs & re-birth of the ginning sector July 18, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightWhat essentially started as a Presidential Inputs Support Scheme to cushion cotton farmers from prohibitive costs of production coupled with very unviable producer prices has morphed into a resurgent cotton industry climaxing in the re-opening of more than six Cottco …
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Govt committed to protecting Bippa investments July 18, 2017 Business Minister Mpofu Dumisani Nsingo Senior Business ReporterGOVERNMENT remains committed in protecting investments that fall under Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPAs) as it forges ahead to attract foreign direct investment into the country, a Cabinet Minister has said. Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Minister, Dr Obert …
Project funds delays cost Govt millions July 18, 2017 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior ReporterDelays in the completion of dam projects countrywide is costing Government at least $1,2 million per dam annually, a situation which has seen some projects being abandoned altogether, an official has said. Zimbabwe National Water Authority director for Engineering and Hydrology Services Engineer …