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Leather sector revival should drive increased livestock investments Herald 8/4/2021   Prosper Ndlovu ALTHOUGH Zimbabwe is famed for quality livestock production, the sector has in recent years faced numerous challenges, which have weakened output capacity and frustrated value chain gains. A combination of climate change induced shocks, the rise in animal pests and diseases, inadequate …

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Farmers told to adopt hybrid cotton seed Herald 8/4/2021   Cotton seed Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau HYBRID cotton seeds that have potential to triple cotton yields should be embraced by farmers as opposed to open pollinated varieties (OPV). Speaking during a cotton demonstration plot field day at Mr Douglas Chihoro’s homestead in Marahwa village, …

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Five people die of rabies in Midlands  Herald 8/4/2021   Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Five people have died from rabies in Midlands since January after being bitten by infected dogs with the province now declared a rabies zone and Veterinary Department vaccinating all dogs, but concentrating on Gokwe and Mberengwa, the epicentres of the present …

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Tobacco sales open in Bindura   Herald 8/4/2021  Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Tobacco sales open today at the Bindura Tobacco auction floor today, with 5 million kilograms expected from the 3 082 farmers the firm contracted in Mashonaland Central. Bindura Tobacco general manager, Mr Blessing Mudzamba, promised firm prices and an efficient payment system. …

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Opportunities lurk beneath green revolution  Herald 8/4/2021   Global warming is serious and already the climate change we have seen in Zimbabwe has been damaging: more cyclones from the higher temperatures in the Indian Ocean and more risk of droughts as the warm el-Nino currents become more prevalent in the Pacific, to name just two. …

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Tobacco production target raised to 300 million kg Herald 8/4/2020   Ms Pauline Maronga (left) and Ms Kudzai Butau calculate their earnings after their tobacco went under the hammer at Tobacco Sales Floor following the official opening of the auction floors in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Tawanda Mudimu Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter The new tobacco …

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Stray livestock cause Mat South Easter holiday accidents  Chronicle 8/4/2021   Mthabisi Tshuma, Gwanda Correspondent MATABELELAND South province recorded 12 accidents during the Easter holidays, all caused by livestock straying onto the highways. The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), a parastatal under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, in 2016 embarked on a …

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Cassava’s EcoFarmer and VAYA business units team up to support tobacco farmers Chronicle 8/4/2021   Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe’s agricultural technology unit EcoFarmer, and its on-demand business unit VAYA Logistics, have combined forces to help tobacco farmers transport their crop to the auction floors. This year’s tobacco marketing season officially opened yesterday (Wednesday, April 07) and …

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