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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s implement drought mitigatory measures to avert disaster    Chronicle 5/2/2020 Deputy Minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos WE welcome the decision by the Government to embark on a national crop and livestock assessment programme as part of a strategy to explore ways of saving livestock and crops through evaluating their condition, water supply and …

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CFI subsidiary, Crest Poultry Group exits judicial management By Newsday – February 3, 2020 AGRO firm, CFI Holdings has announced that its subsidiary, the Crest Poultry Group exited judicial management shortly after the reporting period, last month.   BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA CFI Holdings also announced its food processing entity, Victoria Foods, is expected to exit judicial management …

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ED’s relative in $600 000 farmers earnings swindle By Newsday – February 4, 2020 BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira is accused of trying to loot earnings for sugarcane farmers after he allegedly ordered Hippo Valley Estates to pay over $600 000 of their sale proceeds to Felistas Mnangagwa, whose address was given as …

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Tobacco firms rapped over deforestation By Newsday – February 4, 2020 BY NHAU MANGIRAZI THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has come under attack for licensing tobacco firms that are fuelling deforestation in Hurungwe as they subcontract farmers who cannot afford buying coal and end up chopping down trees to cure the golden leaf. Many tobacco firms …

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Mbire District has massive irrigation potential: Shiri  Herald 4/2/2020   Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau Mbire District is still lagging behind in terms of economic development, but is a “mini paradise” with massive potential in irrigation, as well as crocodile and fish farming, a Cabinet minister has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister …

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Seedco downbeat over volume decline  Herald 4/2/2020    Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Seed manufacturing giant, Seed Co Limited, is downbeat of its sales volumes for the current financial year due to a host of economic challenges currently obtaining, key among them inflationary pressures resulting in waning disposable incomes. Already, Seed Co has recorded depressed volumes …

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Govt to preserve Mazowe Valley, Nehanda shrine   Herald 4/2/2020  ABOVE LEFT: Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe (left), Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi (right) and Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Mangaliso Ndlovu (centre) tour the Mbuya Nehanda Shrine (right) in Christon Bank, Mazowe yesterday. — Picture …

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Locust swarms threaten more East African countries    Chronicle 4/2/2020 NAIROBI – Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said yesterday. The swarms, first sighted in December, have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares …

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Letters to the Editor: Sell one or two and save the rest  Chronicle 4/2/2020   Obert Chifamba, Harare Bureau COMMON sense decrees that you do not stand and observe a stone that is about to strike you. The most logical thing is to duck or even run! It seems cattle farmers have always been found …

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