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Zimbabwe banks shut doors on 99-year farm leases by Staff reporter 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs THE government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to accept the state-issued 99-year farm leases. Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said his government had …
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In Zim some tech businesses struggle, others thrive Standard 11/4/2021 By Farai Shawn Matiashe Fresh Foods Basket Zimbabwe co-founder Farai Chisvo makes daily runs supplying fresh produce to his growing list of clientele. Today is no different. Before winding up the last of his scheduled deliveries and returning to the warehouse in Glen Lorne, the …
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Dairibord-Dendairy merger talks still on Herald 12/4/2021 Dairibord manufactures and markets ice-cream, cordials, condiments and spreads. Business Reporter Dairibord Zimbabwe, the country’s largest dairy processor, discussions with unlisted fellow industry player Dendairy over potential acquisition and merger of the two’s operations. Market analysts say Dendairy is now a significant competitor in the Zimbabwe dairy …
Side-marketing of cotton, soya-beans criminalised Herald 12/4/2021 Herald Reporter Side-marketing of soya-beans and raw unginned cotton was criminalised last Friday, with fines of three times the value of the side-marketed crop for both offending buyers and sellers plus two year jail terms, under new regulations gazetted by Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and …
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Side-marketing bans needed and workable Herald 12/4/2021 Side-marketing has been the bane of contract farming for some years with middlemen going around buying crops for cash at well under market prices, cheating the farmers, and then selling either directly to final users, even the GMB or another marketing company, or illegally exporting the produce …
Intwasa boosts Mat North food security Chronicle 12/4/2021 Mr Hilton Ncube, a farmer (right) and his wife during a tour of their Intwasa/Pfumvudza maize plot with Agritex Officer Mrs Buyiphumelelo Ngwenya (centre), in Umguza last week Judge Jarachara, Chronicle Reporter VILLAGERS from ward two in Umguza, Matabeleland North have hailed the Government for implementing …
Brief cloudy, cool conditions to prevail in parts of the country Chronicle 12/4/2021 Michelle Nyanzira, Chronicle Reporter THE dropping of temperatures in the morning and evening is just a sudden clearance of the atmosphere not the beginning of the winter season, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said. The department has said brief cloudy and …
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The Importance of Land Tenure and secure Property Rights 1 April 10, 2021 11:01 AM Two historical notes confirm the above statement: Source: The Importance of Land Tenure and secure Property Rights – The Zimbabwean Eddie Cross In the world today only 18 per cent of all agricultural land is privately owned under freehold title. Yet this small …
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Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco marketing season commences with high hopes 0 April 10, 2021 11:29 AM Source: Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco marketing season commences with high hopes – Xinhua | English.news.cn Traders inspect bales of tobacco in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, April 7, 2021. Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco marketing season opened on Wednesday with hopes that the country will surpass last …
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Breakfast programme taken to Dete 0 April 10, 2021 11:52 AM Source: Breakfast programme taken to Dete | Herald (Top Stories) Boys being taught how to milk a cow during a Nhanga/gota/ixiba session at Chief Nekatambe’s homestead in Dete. Tendai Rupapa ROMAN Catholic Church-run Dete Old People’s Home in Matabeleland North Province yesterday became the second such …