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89 percent of Zimbabwe at high risk of veld fires — Ema Chronicle 3/5/2021 Ms Amkela Sidange Boitumelo Makhurane, Chronicle Reporter THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has warned that 89 percent of the country is at high to extreme risk of veld fires, compared to 34 percent last year. The agency says that areas …
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Gwayi-Shangani Dam: Preps for 10 000ha irrigation land project starts Chronicle 3/5/2021 Gwayi-Shangani resident engineer Paul Dengu stresses a point to Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Richard Moyo (centre) and Cde Jonathan Mathuthu at the dam site on Friday Leonard Ncube in Gwayi WORK has started to prepare 10 000 hectares of …
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Mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem-based agricultural practices Sunday Mail 2/5/2021 The Government of Zimbabwe, and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week launched a project titled: Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries — Phase III (ACP-MEAs 3) project in Zimbabwe. The project is funded …
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Agric season preps to start early Sunday Mail 2/5/2021 Masvingo Bureau GOVERNMENT will start preparing for the 2021/2022 summer cropping season as early as July to allow farmers to receive their inputs on time, a senior Government official has said. Speaking at a field day in Zano Communal Lands in Masvingo last week, Minister …
Orange-fleshed sweet potato: An export gamechanger Sunday Mail 2/5/2021 THE recent addition of the orange-fleshed sweet potato to the nation’s food basket by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement is a giant step towards improving exports of sweet potatoes and livelihoods of farmers. peaking during the launch of the programme, …
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Big cheer for tobacco farmers 2/5/2021 Sunday Mail Reporter TOBACCO farmers are smiling all the way to the bank as payments are being made as per Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directive, which stipulates that 60 percent of farmers’ earnings should be in foreign currency, while the remainder is liquidated at the prevailing foreign …
New dawn for agric financing . . . as President launches Land Bank 1 May 1, 2021 5:42 PM Source: New dawn for agric financing . . . as President launches Land Bank | The Herald President Mnangagwa opens an account assisted by AFC Commercial Bank acting executive director Retail and Agriculture Development Mrs Priscilla Munyeza (right) while …
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Zimbabwe to side-step load shedding in winter 0 May 2, 2021 11:38 AM Source: Zimbabwe to side-step load shedding in winter | Sunday News (Business) Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter ELECTRICITY users in the country should expect constant power supply during the peak winter season which is characterised by higher demand as Government is not planning any …
Poultry industry plunged into crisis 0 May 2, 2021 1:23 PM Source: Poultry industry plunged into crisis | The Standard BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S poultry sector has again been plunged into a crisis, with farmers decrying a serious shortage of day-old chicks, high input costs and chick mortality, Standardbusiness has established. Chick prices have risen by between 15% and …
Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal 0 May 2, 2021 8:41 PM Wait times for crop payments and exchange-rate roulette can wreak havoc on tobacco farmers’ profits. Source: Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal | Agriculture News | Al Jazeera Under the new tobacco-selling regulations put in place since the coronavirus pandemic struck, Zimbabwe’s …
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