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Call for crackdown on unscrupulous private cotton firms June 19, 2017 Business Cottco workers tie cotton lint at Muzarabani Ginnery last week Business ReporterFARMER organisations have called for a crackdown on unscrupulous private cotton companies paying spot cash to entice farmers to side-market the crop contracted by Government. The private companies have also increased the money …

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Chief warns against ‘sweet-talking’ grain merchants June 19, 2017 Local News Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZIChief Tshovani of Chiredzi has criticised grain buyers who have invaded his area and are enticing villagers to go for the low prices they offer because they are buying in cash. Speaking after a tour of his 65-hectare plot which is under sorghum …

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Zim to harvest 4m tonnes food crops June 19, 2017 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter—Zimbabwe is expecting to harvest four million tonnes of food crops from the 2016-17 agricultural season, the final Government-sponsored crop and livestock assessment report has revealed. This means the country will have a surplus of one million tonnes of food …

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Command Agric charms Sadc June 19, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Dr Mbambo Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau—Zimbabwe’s successful Command Agriculture Programme is panacea to hunger and poverty in Africa if replicated by countries facing external threats such as economic sanctions, visiting Namibian provincial governor Ambassador Dr Samuel Kaveto Mbambo has said. Dr Mbambo, the governor for Kavango East, said Zimbabwe had …

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Command Agric turns Shurugwi miner into successful farmer June 17, 2017 Opinion & Analysis Mr Nicholas Gara inspecting a maize cob in his five hectare plot Freedom MupanedemoSHURUGWI District in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province is a predominantly mining countryside. Endowed with vast gold, platinum and chrome deposits, it is a common dream for every dweller of this …

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Army starts massive agric programme June 19, 2017 Local News Andile Tshuma, Chronicle ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Defence Forces is set to launch a massive agricultural programme in a move that will boost food security in the country and meet the military’s food requirements. The project, dubbed “Project Sustain”, is set to commence in July to ease the …

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Beitbridge seeks partners for irrigation schemes rehab June 19, 2017 Local News Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge BureauBEITBRIDGE Rural District Council (BBRDC) is seeking partners to rehabilitate major irrigation schemes in the district. Despite being located near Umzingwane and Limpopo Rivers respectively, the irrigation schemes which form the source of livelihoods for 40 percent of the 100 000 …

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