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Dairy sector eyes US$2bn target 0 January 16, 2022 10:34 AM Source: Dairy sector eyes US$2bn target | Sunday Mail Business Reporter The dairy industry is rolling out robust initiatives and investments to grow the sector to US$1,9 billion in value by 2025. It comes after the Government last year unveiled the Livestock Growth Plan, which is …
$45M programme to power up Zimbabwe’s renewable energy drive 0 January 16, 2022 10:51 AM Source: $45M programme to power up Zimbabwe’s renewable energy drive – Featured image: [LEO WOLFERT ] © 123RF.com The United Nations SDG-Fund has approved a $45 million programme to transform Zimbabwe’s renewable energy (RE) drive. The programme is focused on catalysing investments …
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News in depth: Tobacco contractor short-changes farmers amid bribery scam involving scribes 0 January 16, 2022 11:48 AM Source: News in depth: Tobacco contractor short-changes farmers amid bribery scam involving scribes | The Standard (Zimbabwe Stories) BY NYARADZO NYERE Contract tobacco farming provides an allure to poorly resourced farmers in Zimbabwe, but then, contractors are short-changing thousands …
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Polish hemp varieties lead grain and fiber trials in North Dakota Henola growing in fields at Bożnowice, a village in Lower Silesia, Poland. POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® JANUARY 5, 2022 Two Polish hemp varieties were top performers again in this year’s research trials by North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Carrington Research Extension Center. Henola, which is grown for …
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Two hemp compounds show promise in fighting covid-19 virus POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® JANUARY 13, 2022 Two compounds present in industrial hemp show the ability to prevent the virus that causes covid-19 from entering human cells, according to researchers in Oregon. “These cannabinoid acids are abundant in hemp and in many hemp extracts,” said Richard van Breemen, a …
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Cannabis helps fight off Covid-19 virus The Herald 14/1/2022 Cape TOWN. – New research at Oregon State University (OSU) has found that hemp compounds, identified via a chemical screening technique invented at the institution, show the ability to prevent the virus that causes Covid-19 from entering human cells. Hemp, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa, …
‘Agric will power people out of poverty’ The Herald 14/1/2022 Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement, Dr Anxious Masuka Victor Maphosa in Hwedza AGRICULTURE is the vehicle which can be used in uplifting Zimbabweans out of poverty and powering the nation towards attaining Vision 2030, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development …