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News in depth: Zim losing billions to tobacco and cigarette smuggling by cross-border syndicates  1  December 5, 2021 8:49 AM Source: News in depth: Zim losing billions to tobacco and cigarette smuggling by cross-border syndicates | The Standard (Local News) BY MOSES MATENGA Zimbabwe is losing billions of dollars in potential revenue due to smuggling of raw …

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Govt sets up rabbit pellet taskforce  0  December 5, 2021 9:18 AM Source: Govt sets up rabbit pellet taskforce – The Standard BY MTHANDAZO NYONI THE government has set up a task force to look into the shortage of rabbit pellets, which is threatening to choke the rapid growth of the country’s cuniculture sector, Standardbusiness has established. According to Zimbabwe …

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Zim to launch land, forests sustainable programme – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 3/12/2021 BY NIZBERT MOYO ZIMBABWE will early next year launch a sustainable forest management programme aimed at reducing land degradation, desertification and deforestation, Environment and Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said yesterday. Ndlovu told journalists in Bulawayo that the project would focus on Manicaland, …

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Farmers urged to avoid complacency in dipping cattle The Herald 3/12/2021 Precious Manomano-Herald Reporter The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has recorded a sharp decline in tick borne diseases and has urged farmers to dip cattle regularly to avoid huge losses. Theileriosis, commonly known as January disease, has killed thousands of livestock during the rainy …

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Agric can transform lives: VP Chiwenga The Herald 3/12/2021 Elita Chikwati–Senior Agriculture Reporter  Farming has the potential to transform young people’s lives including disadvantaged and vulnerable children for the better, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. He said this yesterday while officiating at the young farmer pace setters’ awards organised by the Federation of Young …

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Farmers hail Zim, EU poultry project The Herald 3/12/2021 Freedom Mupanedemo-Midlands Bureau POULTRY farmers in Kwekwe yesterday hailed Government for launching an Inclusive Poultry Value Chain (IPVC) project designed to benefit the local community. The IPVC project is part of the European Union-funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP), a partnership between the Government and the …

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Sable Chemicals records five-fold increase in production capacity The Chronicle 3/12/2021 WITH support from the Joint Action of the Support towards Industrialisation and the Productive Sectors (SIPS) in the Sadc Region, Zimbabwean firm, Sable Chemicals, will intensify the fight against Covid-19 by commissioning a fully-fledged disinfectant production line focusing on sanitisers and other personal hygiene …

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1,4m families get Pfumvudza inputs The Herald 2/12/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter  More than 1,4 million households have now received their inputs under the climate-proofed Presidential Pfumvudza/Intwasa Inputs Scheme, with distribution intensifying for the remaining 400 000 households this week to ensure timely planting. A dramatic rise in numbers entering the scheme was seen …

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