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Sustainable agric information system tops Sadc project The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Dr Elma Zanamwe is a project officer at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). She is managing a regional project called “Support towards the Operationalisation of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy” (STOSAR), which seeks to enhance information on agricultural production, …

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Time to harness potential in traditional medicine The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Trade Focus Allan Majuru WHO would ever thought zumbani/umsuzwane (lippia javanica) would dominate discussions on home remedies for the coronavirus in the world of developed pharmaceutical industries? This might look like an isolated incident, but it is not. A few years ago, there was …

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Lablab bean: A good forage crop for livestock The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Word from the market with AMA The livestock sector is a source of livelihood for more than 60 percent of the rural households in the country and makes a significant contribution in terms of foreign currency generation and food security to mention, but …

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Productivity doesn’t guarantee success   The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Rutendo Gwatidzo Who deserves success? Victory does not discriminate and belongs to everyone who fights for it. However, success does not come through just fighting in any way, it comes from fighting using winning strategies. The road to success is not an easy one to tread …

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Cottco seeks $800m to clear farmers’ debts The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Business Reporter Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) says it will mobilise $800 million to clear outstanding debts to cotton farmers after the Government settled the unpaid portion of the 2020 subsidy. The nearly $1 billion Cottco needs to clear arrears includes unpaid amounts for …

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Arda to revamp irrigation schemes  0  January 15, 2022 8:44 AM Source: Arda to revamp irrigation schemes | Theindependent (Zimbabwe) With irrigation systems there are better chances of a good harvest. KUDZAI KUWAZA STATE-owned enterprise Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) is looking to intensify irrigation on its estates in the New Year as it completes its …

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Ethanol producers fail to meet demand  0  January 15, 2022 8:50 AM Source: Ethanol producers fail to meet demand | Theindependent (Zimbabwe) BY FIDELIS MHLANGA/TINASHE KAIRIZA/MELODY CHIKONO THE country’s two ethanol producers, Green Fuel and Ethanol Fuel Company of Zimbabwe (EFCZ) are failing to produce enough ethanol forcing energy authorities to drastically reduce the petrol blending ratio …

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GMB pays $60bn to maize, wheat farmers  0  January 16, 2022 9:37 AM Source: GMB pays $60bn to maize, wheat farmers | Sunday Mail Wallace Ruzvidzo Sunday Mail Correspondent THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has paid a total of $60 billion to maize and wheat farmers for deliveries made during the 2021-2022 marketing season, as the parastatal …

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