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Govt to equip piglet beneficiaries through training Chronicle 1/7/2020   Mthabisi Tshuma, Business Correspondent GOVERNMENT is set to roll out a programme to train agriculture extension (Agritex) teams and smallholder farmers who benefitted from a piggery scheme under the Presidential Livestock Inputs Support Programme, launched by President Mnangagwa in May. The piggery scheme has seen …

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bulawayo24.com /index-id-news-sc-national-byo-188238.html FAO doubts Zimbabwe’s cereal import capacity eDuzeNet 30/6/2020 ZIMBABWE’S cereal import requirements for the 2020/21 year are estimated at about 1,1 million tonnes amid concern over the country’s capacity to access offshore supplies at a time it is battling worsening foreign currency shortages, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. This quantity mostly …

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Seed Co International profit up 62pc Herald 30/6/2020   Mr Nzwere Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Regional seed producer, Seed Co International Limited’s profit for the year to March 31, 2020 rose 62 percent to US$6.07 million compared to US$3.77 million achieved in the prior year on the back of strong product demand across the region. …

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Why are cattle farmers always caught offside?    Herald 30/6/2020 Farmers must understand that cattle rearing involves making drastic decisions that may even include disposing of a few animals to save the rest Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IT seems many farmers still need a lot of orientation to appreciate that the “new normal” in cattle rearing …

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Gardening boon for Bulilima community June 28, 2020 in Local, News Standard BY MTHANDAZO NYONI PUSHING a wheelbarrow with three 20-litre buckets of water at least 10 trips a day to water a garden is never an easy task. This is, however, what elderly women in Bulilima district ward 1 in Matabeleland South were used to in their …

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VP Chiwenga happy with initiatives to end hunger, poverty Herald 27/6/2020   Vice President Chiwenga Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The progress of initiatives in agriculture to boost productivity and ensure import substitution have impressed the Government. This came out at the recent launch of the John Deere mechanisation facility at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering …

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