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Villagers resuscitate dried up wetland   Chronicle 17/6/2021  Kasibo villagers in Hwange have started a booming vegetable garden drawing water from a weir fed by a wetland they restored Leonard Ncube and Leonorah Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporters VILLAGERS in Kasibo, Hwange, have restored a wetland that had dried up due to human activities, including overgrazing. …

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Zimbabwe food security improves significantly    Chronicle 16/6/2021 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE country has this year reduced the prevalence of food insecurity by 29 percent compared to the previous year, marking a significant stride towards achieving one of Government’s goals in the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) of ensuring a food …

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BCC battles to keep water clean   Chronicle 16/6/2021  Illegal gold panners carry their tools in Esigodini, Umzingwane District on Friday. panners cause siltation Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has deployed rangers on a full-time basis at its water catchment areas to safeguard the city’s supply dams from being contaminated by toxic …

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Govt clamps down on maize mealie smugglers – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/6/2021 BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA GOVERNMENT has begun a crackdown on errant retailers who are selling imported mealie-meal as it moves to curb the smuggling of the commodity from neighbouring countries. The exercise, which came as the country has registered a bumper maize harvest this year, …

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Farmers race to meet wheat deadline Herald 15/6/2021   Elita Chikwati and Fungai Lupande More than 49 500 hectares have been planted under wheat with frantic efforts in progress to meet today’s planting deadline, but farmers who have failed to plant are now directed to return all unused inputs to Grain Marketing Board depots by …

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Bulilima farmers despair as livestock thefts rise Herald 15/6/2021   Stock theft is now rampant in Bulilima district, south west of the country on the border with Botswana Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Simon Ndebele, 57, headman Madlambuzi of Bulilima district has lines of worry on his face as large-scale livestock thefts in …

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