Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme Newsletter No. 24 – April 2021
Zimbabwe Agricultural growth Programme Newsletter 24 – April 2021
Tick grease scheme helps cut cattle deaths
Tick grease scheme helps cut cattle deaths Herald 22/4/2021 Precious Manomano Herald Reporter The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has recorded a decline of cattle deaths attributable to tick-borne diseases following the launch of the Presidential blitz tick grease input scheme and farmer contributions towards buying dipping chemicals. More than one million households benefited …
Voting at meetings of creditors during liquidations
Voting at meetings of creditors during liquidations Herald 22/4/2021 After a creditor has submitted a claim it has to be admitted if the claim satisfies the meeting’s presiding officer Godknows Hofisi In simple terms, liquidation refers to the winding up of an insolvent debtor entity (juristic person such as a company) or an insolvent …
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Upfront power deal for farmers
Upfront power deal for farmers Herald 22/4/2021 Minister Soda Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter THE Government is negotiating with banks to help farmers pay upfront for electricity and have the money repaid through stop order arrangement after selling their produce, Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda said. “Just like other farm inputs, we …
Revamped fertiliser industry will open new doors
Revamped fertiliser industry will open new doors Herald 21/4/2021 Sable chemicals One of the larger victims of the downgrading of Zimbabwe’s heavy industrial base during the eras of hyperinflation, conversion to a US dollar economy and severe electricity shortages was the chemical and fertiliser industry. That saw the country move from near self-sufficiency in …
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Zim maintains 7,4pc growth forecast on improved agricultural output
Zim maintains 7,4pc growth forecast on improved agricultural output Herald 21/4/2021 A2 farms focus mainly on the large-scale commercial agriculture and A1 farms focus is on the smallholder producer Zimbabwe’s Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is sticking to his growth estimate of 7,4 percent on the back of improved agricultural output …
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President reassigns top officials
President reassigns top officials Herald 21/4/2021 Dr Misheck Sibanda Herald Reporter President Mnangagwa has reassigned Minister Davis Marapira to Minister of State in the Office of the President and Cabinet in charge of Monitoring the Implementation of Special Agricultural and related programmes that include Command Agriculture and irrigation development. The President also elevated Reverend …
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the ‘party’
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the ‘party’ Chronicle 21/4/2021 Kudus at Anabeb Conservancy in Namibia Emmanuel Koro NAMIBIANS have welcomed the return of uninterrupted hunting, following a near-total absence of international hunting in 2020, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic travel bans. As hunting returns to normal in …
Anglican Church, villagers in farm stand-
Anglican Church, villagers in farm stand- Chronicle 21/4/2021 Mrs Catherine Ndovu Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter OVER 100 families who were last week evicted from the Anglican Church-owned Cyrene Farm at Mcwazini area in Figtree, Matabeleland South Province, by the Sheriff of the High Court, have since returned to the property. The villagers were in …
Zimbabwe to Fund National Parks With Hundreds of Elephant Hunts
Zimbabwe to Fund National Parks With Hundreds of Elephant Hunts 0 April 20, 2021 6:00 PM Source: Zimbabwe to Fund National Parks With Hundreds of Elephant Hunts – Bloomberg Nation has world’s second biggest elephant population Revenue has been slashed by Covid-19-related travel bans Zimbabwe plans to sell the right to shoot as many as 500 elephants for …
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