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Riding the wave: Surviving locust outbreak losses   Herald 18/5/2021  Madhumbudya (a local edible locust species called Ruspolia differens) destroyed sorghum and millet crops which has triggered hopelessness among Chiredzi and Mwenezi farmers Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Ratidzo Tiringindi, a smallholder farmer in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi district watched helplessly as …

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Tobacco farmers must plant more woodlots Herald 18/5/2021   Tobacco farmers must adopt environmentally-friendly curing methods Tobacco farmers need to take seriously the warnings that chopping down swathes of indigenous woodland to feed their curing barns is likely to imperil many of their markets and there is now urgent need to switch to other sources …

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Government suspends maize imports  Chronicle 18/5/2021   Ms Irene Ngwenya sorts maize before shelling in Plumtree yesterday Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE will this year save over US$300 million following the move by Government to suspend maize imports on the back of a bumper harvest the country has achieved this year. Due to successive …

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Meet Chiredzi’s inquisitive chicken breeder  Herald 17/5/2021   A Chiredzi farmer is cross-breeding native chickens with exotic broiler breeds just to find out if this can increase egg output, meat quality and quantity and potential resistance to diseases. Sifelani Tsiko-Agric & Innovations Editor Benson Moyo (61), a smallholder farmer at Bandama village in Ward 4 …

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Deforestation threatens tobacco growing Herald 17/5/2021   Conrad Mupesa–Mash West Bureau ZIMBABWE is in danger of losing out on significant foreign currency from tobacco exports in the next 10 years if the wanton cutting down of trees without a corresponding replacement is not enforced.  Forestry Commission director-general, Mr Abednigo Marufu, recently said the rate at …

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A Climate Smart Technology project makes steady progress in Zimbabwe Chronicle 15/5/2021   A project launched in Zimbabwe in December 2020 to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on food and nutrition security using Climate Smart Technologies is making good progress with a thriving horticulture crop, a solar-powered borehole, and 100 efficient cook stoves having been …

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