CFS Partners Event on Building Back Better: Confronting the Impact of COVID-19 on Land Tenure, Food Security and Nutrition
CFS Partners Event on Building Back Better: Confronting the Impact of COVID-19 on Land Tenure, Food Security and Nutrition
LIMING and SOIL AMELIORATION – Options for Precision Farming the Time Poor.
LIMING and SOIL AMELIORATION – Options for Precision Farming the Time Poor. The wheels turn very slowly at times in our beloved country and it is easy to get behind with early preparations like liming. It takes a while for lime to breakdown it brings its benefits to the soil slowly. One way …
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Brothers in lucrative horticulture venture
Brothers in lucrative horticulture venture Herald 16/10/2020 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Three Mvurwi brothers reckon horticulture is the way to go by producing strawberries at Mandindindi Farm and selling them in Bindura, Mvurwi and Glendale. The trio are hoping to export their produce to generate foreign currency and venture into value addition. Innocent …
Belarusian firm to open agric equipment centre
Belarusian firm to open agric equipment centre Herald 16/0/2020 Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter A leading Belarusian company with expertise in agricultural machinery is set to open shop in Zimbabwe to offer backup services for tractors and combine harvesters as President Mnangagwa’s mantra that “Zimbabwe is open for business” continues to gain traction. The establishment …
Plot to derail farmers’ compensation exposed
Plot to derail farmers’ compensation exposed Herald 16/10/2020 Political Editor A GROUP of anti-Government white former farmers with links to the opposition on Wednesday held a meeting in Bulawayo, where they resolved to throw spanners in the Global Compensation Deed (GCD), The Herald can report. The US$3,5 billion GCD agreement was signed between Government and …
Midlands Pfumvudza farmers hit the ground after getting inputs
Midlands Pfumvudza farmers hit the ground after getting inputs Herald 16/10/2020 Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Preparations for Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme have begun in earnest in the Midlands province with 156 000 trained farmers already receiving their inputs. Midlands provincial crops and livestock officer, Mrs Madeline Magwenzi said the farmers were preparing to plant. “The programme …
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Renewed at 75, FAO’s sense of purpose relevant as ever . . . Zim marks World Food Day
Renewed at 75, FAO’s sense of purpose relevant as ever . . . Zim marks World Food Day Herald 16/10/2020 The coronavirus pandemic has reminded everyone that food security and nutritious diets matter to all QU Dongyu Correspondent The United Nation’s food agency was born in the wake of catastrophe. Three-quarters of a century …
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Oil Castor spends US$180k on local farmers
Oil Castor spends US$180k on local farmers Chronicle 16/10/2020 File picture Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S bio-technology firm, Oil Castor, has this year spent nearly US$180 000 buying castor beans from local farmers under its engineered seed programme. The company has said it is targeting spending US$700 000 this year in buying castor …
Namibian rural community’s historic choice of wildlife over cattle
Namibian rural community’s historic choice of wildlife over cattle Chronicle 16/10/2020 The Anabeb Conservancy creche built using hunting revenue Emmanuel Koro If you want to be number one enemy for African rural communities, tell them to stop using their land for cattle production. Cattle are considered a status symbol in Africa. A family’s wealth …
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The Guide to Understanding the National Peace and Reconcilliation Commission 3rd-Edition-2020.
The-Guide-to-Understanding-the-NPRC-3rd-Edition-2020.