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Zim rabbit farmers import pure breeds Herald 27/4/2021 Business Reporter Zimbabwe rabbit farmers have imported 100 more pure breeds to help shore-up efforts by the country’s rabbit producers to bolster and expand cuniculture production. Rabbit production, which is fast gaining ground in Zimbabwe, has significant potential to generate foreign currency earnings for the country. …
Marula value addition in Rutenga kicks off Herald 27/4/2021 George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Two companies have acquired nearly 20 000 square metres of land at Rutenga growth point for the construction of two marula processing plants, which have potential to create hundreds of jobs for locals. The projects, which are being championed by the …
Government targets 85 000ha winter wheat cropping Chronicle 27/4/2021 AT least 85 000 hectares of land will be put under winter wheat this year up from over 42 000 hectares achieved last year, as the country seeks to boost output and meet local industry requirements. Annual wheat consumption for Zimbabwe is estimated at above …
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Full steam ahead at Gwayi-Shangani site Chronicle 27/4/2021 Work has resumed at the Gwayi-Shangani Dam following the return of the contractor’s engineers to the site (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam site was yesterday a hive of activity with onsite engineers from the Zimbabwe National Water Authoriy (Zinwa) and …
Conservation agriculture: latest experiences from Zimbabwe 0 April 26, 2021 9:17 AM Source: Conservation agriculture: latest experiences from Zimbabwe | zimbabweland In the last blog, I introduced the Pfumvudza programme in Zimbabwe, a version of conservation agriculture that has been heavily promoted across the country during the last season. In this blog, I look at what happened, based on reflections …
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Govt restrictions on soya bean marketing ruinous: Analysts By The Zimbabwe Independent – April 23, 2021 BY TAURAI MANGUDHLA THE government recently added soya beans to controlled grains, restricting the marketing of the product to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) except in instances where running contracts are in place, a move seen as detriment to …
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Cotton, soya beans get industry backing By The Zimbabwe Independent – April 16, 2021 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA AGRICULTURAL industry players have backed the rollout of new regulations placing huge fines and jail terms on backstage market dealers benefiting from the side marketing of soya beans and seed cotton. They said the new regimes, which came …
Millers to sign maize, wheat deal By The Zimbabwe Independent – April 23, 2021 BY FREEMAN MAKOPA The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has revealed that it is currently working on signing a memorandum of understanding with a local company in a bid to fund contract farming and cut maize and wheat import bills. …
Side marketing of crops: A problem or symptom? By The Zimbabwe Independent – April 23, 2021 BY VICTOR BHOROMA The Zimbabwean government recently criminalised the side marketing of soya beans and unginned cotton by farmers and middlemen under the Grain Marketing Act of 1966. This was done through Statutory Instrument (SI) 97 of 2021 (Control …
Agric new assignments: Much ado about nothing By The Zimbabwe Independent – April 23, 2021 BY BRIAN CHITEMBA THIS week President Emmerson Mnangagwa reassigned senior government officials with Davis Marapira as Minister of State in charge of Monitoring and the Implementation of Special Agricultural programmes, Reverend Paul Damasane now a deputy chief secretary, Amos Marawa …