Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association February Newsletter
Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association February Newsletter
Agricultural Marketing Authority Weekly Commodity Market Bulletin 19 April 2021
Agricultural Marketing Authority Weekly Commodity Market Bulletin 19 April 2021
Dam Levels as at 23-April-2021
Dam Levels as at 23-April-2021 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres) Kariba 64800.00 30558.2 47.2 Tugwi Mukosi 1802.6 1824 101.2 Mutirikwi 1378.08 1346 97.68 Manyame 480.23 374.12 77.9 Osborne 401.64 261.66 65.1 Mazvikadei 343.815 255.5 74.3 Manyuchi 309.06 309.7 100.2 Manjirenji 274.17 270.08 98.5 …
Submit production returns, farmers told
Submit production returns, farmers told – DailyNews By Blessings Mashaya 23/4/2021 THE government has demanded farm owners to submit production returns as it seeks to repossess and redistribute underutilised land. Speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka, pictured, said unproductive farmers risked losing their land. “We have requested farm owners to submit …
Labour storms out of TNF meeting
Labour storms out of TNF meeting NewsDay Zimbabwe 23/4/2021 BY RICHARD MUPONDE Workers’ representatives stormed out of a Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) meeting in Harare yesterday in protest after government said it was unable to intervene in salary negotiations. Labour has been calling for salary increments to compensate for the erosion of workers’ earnings. Zimbabwe …
Start-ups aim to change car battery recycling
Start-ups aim to change car battery recycling Herald 23/4/2021 Recycling of lead batteries accounts for about two-thirds of the world’s supply of refined lead. A handful of startups are trying to find a new way to recycle used car batteries, using water, chemicals and electricity to produce lead instead of the hazardous, high-heat smelting …
‘Deliver Pfumvudza surplus to GMB’
‘Deliver Pfumvudza surplus to GMB’ Herald 23/4/2021 Dr Masuka Elita Chikwati-Agriculture Reporter All 2,5 million households that benefited from the Climate Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, popularly known as Pfumvudza/Intwasa, must sell the grain they do not retain for own consumption to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), the Government has reminded farmers. Side-marketing has long …
US$40m tobacco goes under hammer
US$40m tobacco goes under hammer Herald 23/4/2021 Elita Chikwati-Agriculture Reporter Farmers have sold 15,9 million kg of tobacco worth US$40 million since the start of the 2021 marketing season on April 7, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has said. Latest statistics from the TIMB show that the bulk of the crop has been …
Land Bank to transform agric financing: Minister
Land Bank to transform agric financing: Minister Herald 23/4/2021 Minister Masuka Walter Nyamukondiwa-Kariba Bureau GOVERNMENT is transforming Agribank into the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) Land Bank to meet increased appetite for farmers’ financing needs. This is expected to oil the transition from land reform to productivity and profitability through filling the gap left by …
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Farmers applaud $60bn grain scheme
Farmers applaud $60bn grain scheme Herald 23/4/2021 Mr Zakariya Elita Chikwati-Agriculture Reporter Farmers have hailed Government for availing $60 billion to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) for the procurement of grain during the 2021 marketing season which started on April 1. In his address on Independence Day, President Mnangagwa announced that Treasury had set …