Agri Trends Grains and Oilseeds 29 June 2021
Agri Trends Grains and Oilseeds 29 June 2021
Statutory Instrument 183 of 2021. Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2021 (No. 27)
Statutory Instrument 183 of 2021. Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2021 (No. 27)
Mushandike feasibility study almost ready
Mushandike feasibility study almost ready Herald 1/7/2021 George Maponga in Masvingo A feasibility study to expand Mushandike irrigation scheme to 2 000 hectares using water from Muzhwi Dam is on the verge of completion. The irrigation schemes services villages from Chivi and southern parts of Masvingo districts. The expanded scheme will straddle parts of …
Quelea birds threaten winter wheat crop
Quelea birds threaten winter wheat crop Herald 1/7/2021 quelea birds Sifelani Tsiko Agric & innovations Editor Quelea flocks have appeared in Matabeleland North and are hitting sorghum and peal millet fields, warns the Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Research Services Institute. Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the institute, said yesterday that his organisation and the …
Collective initiative to drive tourism in Kaza region
Collective initiative to drive tourism in Kaza region Chronicle 1/7/2021 Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE tourism sector has come up with a collective initiative in which it uses travel media influencers to market destinations and activities within the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kaza) region. Through Africa’s Eden Tourism Association, which was established last …
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Beitbridge rolls out stockfeed formulation initiative
Beitbridge rolls out stockfeed formulation initiative Chronicle 1/7/2021 Beitbridge farmers being taught how to make stock feeds by a team from the Progress Consortium. Picture also shows part of the equipment sourced through the partnership. Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau GOVERNMENT and its partners have embarked on a joint stockfeed production project targeting Beitbridge farmers …
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Police deploy officers to enforce lockdown
Police deploy officers to enforce lockdown Chronicle 1/7/2021 Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter POLICE have deployed officers to enforce Level Four national lockdown including dusk to dawn curfew and the ban on inter-city travel. President Mnangagwa on Tuesday imposed a 6:30PM to 6AM national lockdown following a surge in Covid-19 cases …
SeedCo International posts bumper profits
SeedCo International posts bumper profits Chronicle 1/7/2021 Oliver Kazunga , Senior Business Reporter SEEDCO International Limited (SCIL) has recorded a 26,2 percent spike in revenue to US$88,5 million in the year ended March 2021 compared to US$70,1 million achieved in the prior year. During the period under review, the leading seed producer recorded a …
GMB sees 306pc increase in maize deliveries
GMB sees 306pc increase in maize deliveries Chronicle 1/7/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter MAIZE deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have increased by 306 percent to 296 443 tonnes compared to the same period last year. Since the opening of the marketing season on April 1, traditional grain and soya bean deliveries …
Wheat, barley side marketing criminalised
Wheat, barley side marketing criminalised by Staff Reporter Byo24 30/6/2021 Farmers can only sell their wheat or barley to either the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) or companies they have standing agreements with, as side marketing the crops is illegal, Government has said. Statutory Instrument (SI) 188 of 2021 (Grain Marketing Control of Sale) gazetted Tuesday …