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Fresh produce markets need clear coronavirus exit strategy Herald 9/6/2020   The closure of fresh produce markets throughout Zimbabwe due the coronavirus pandemic has left thousands of smallholder farmers in huge financial difficulties Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story Wider consulation and engagement has now become essential to resolve issues related to multi-million-dollar farmers’ markets – hamstrung …

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Kariba Dam project on course  0  June 9, 2020 2:05 AM Source: Kariba Dam project on course | Herald (Top Stories) Engineer Munyaradzi Munodawafa Kariba Bureau THE Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project is progressing after temporary Covid-19 setbacks were overcome when it got essential service status. To ensure the six-year project is completed on time, the Zambezi River …

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Fishing industry in crisis   Herald 6/6/2020  Kariba Bureau THE fishing industry here is teetering on the brink of collapse, with some players contemplating pulling out because of low catches, price instability and high operating costs. Compounded by unreliable fuel supplies and other challenges, the prices of kapenta and tilapia fish have gone up with …

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Petrol blending back to E20 Herld 8/6/2020   Herald Reporter The mandatory percentage of ethanol blending has been restored to 20 percent   after sitting at 10 percent  after ethanol production fell below market requirements.. Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi announced the restored percentage in a general notice gazetted as General Notice 926A of …

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Chipinge farmers venture into goat production Herald 8/6/2020   Dr Gwaradzimba Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau For three consecutive years the skies have not been generous in Chipinge and neither has the sun been merciful. Once seething rivers – from Save to the smallest – have shrivelled to ghostly figures of past selves. The once frothing …

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EDITORIAL COMMENT : Piggery scheme can transform livelihoods  Herald 8/6/2020   President Mnangagwa recently launched a piggery scheme under his Presidential Livestock Inputs Support Programme that will see beneficiaries each borrowing two sows and a boar on a free loan. After the first litter, a beneficiary is expected to pass the pigs to the next …

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Major dams water levels continue to decline Chronicle 8/6/2020   Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter WATER levels in the country’s major dams continue to decline following the conclusion of the rainy season which left the national dam average at 49 percent in May from 51,2 percent in April. Bulawayo supply dams were the worst affected as …

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Fire season looms – Farmers urged to prepare Chronicle 8/6/2020   Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent FARMERS have been urged to start preparing for the fire season through biomass harvesting, fire guard construction and mobilisation of firefighting teams in order to reduce the destruction being caused by veld fires each year. The fire season stretches from …

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