Livestock Zimbabwe Update: 8th May 2020
Livestock Zimbabwe Update: 8th May 2020 Poultry Industry Market Prices What Farmers Should Know About Theileriosis
South African Grain Information Services Weekly Update 14 May 2020
South African Grain Information Services Weekly Update 14 May 2020
Agric ministry officials booted out of Parly
Agric ministry officials booted out of Parly – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/5/2020 TwO Lands and Agriculture ministry officials were yesterday chucked out of Parliament for failing to produce documents with regards to contracts awarded to different companies for winter wheat programme. By Veneranda Kanga Acting director of procurement in the ministry, Remigio Makoni and Peter Mudzamiri …
High cotton yield still possible
High cotton yield still possible Herald 15/5/2020 Zimbabwe’s cotton production is this year expected to be higher than last year. This is despite uneven distribution of rainfall across the country that affected other crops. Ahead, Zimbabwe, like many other cotton producing countries is facing a new challenge; low lint prices, which are down 33 …
Tongaat shares dive
Tongaat shares dive Herald 15/5/2020 Shares in sugar producer Tongaat Hulett fell by nearly 17 percent on Tuesday morning following the announcement that the sale of its starch business to a subsidiary of Barloworld had hit a snag. Tongaat had announced in February that it would be selling its starch business to the KLL …
‘Explore contract farming for traditional grains, wheat’
‘Explore contract farming for traditional grains, wheat’ Herald 15/5/2020 Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Provincial Affairs Minister for Mashonaland West Mary Mliswa-Chikoka (in green worksuit), Finance and Economic Development Deputy Minister Clemence Chiduwa and other dignitaries on a tour of a solar project by Mr Steve Swanapoel at Avalo Farm in Chinhoyi yesterday. — Picture: …
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CZI calls for two-tier forex exchange rate
CZI calls for two-tier forex exchange rate Herald 15/5/2020 Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter Industrial lobby group, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), has proposed the adoption of a two-tier exchange rate management regime, formed from the combination of floating and crawling peg systems, to facilitate formal access to foreign currency by businesses. The lobby …
GMB must revamp payment systems
Editorial Comment: GMB must revamp payment systems Herald 15/5/2020 Year in, year out, it has become common to hear stories of grain farmers who lose out to unscrupulous middlemen who prey on cash-pressed growers and pay instant cash far below the price paid by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). They collect the grain and …
High Court judge reverses RBZ currency conversion
High Court judge reverses RBZ currency conversion Chronicle 15/5/2020 Fidelis Munyoro, Harare Bureau The High Court has declared unconstitutional a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe exchange control directive converting sums in accounts originally designated in US dollars into accounts designated in Zimbabwe dollars, ordering a bank to pay a particular holder of such an account …
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Decentralised fresh produce markets start operating
Decentralised fresh produce markets start operating Chronicle 15/5/2020 Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development Sithembiso Nyoni inspects vending stalls during the tour of Pumula Old vegetable market in Bulawayo recently Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO’S decentralised bulk fresh produce markets started operating on Wednesday in five suburbs as council complies with …
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