NEC Agriculture – Horticulture Wages 1 October 2019
NEC Agriculture – Horticulture Wages 1 October 2019
Compensate evicted families, Shurugwi chiefs tell army
Compensate evicted families, Shurugwi chiefs tell army By Newsday – October 11, 2019 BY ALLIEWAY NYONI CHIEFS in Shurugwi are demanding that the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) compensates over 200 families they evicted from Lazy Nine Farm under Chief Banga two years ago. The army gave a short notice that Lazy Nine Farm was a military protected …
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Government targets 1,5 million ha of maize
Government targets 1,5 million ha of maize Herald 12/10/2019 Minister Shiri Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government is targeting to put 1,5 million hectares under maize during the 2019/ 20 summer cropping season, a senior official has said. In an interview yesterday, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri said Government was …
Govt rectifies violated BIPPAs
Govt rectifies violated BIPPAs Herald 14/10/2019 Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Business Reporter Government has committed to rectify Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (BIPPAs) that were violated during the implementation of the Land Reform Programme in the early 2000s. In addition, the authorities are actively working to ratify at least 20 more BIPPAs as the …
Small farmers to benefit from pig, goat programme
Small farmers to benefit from pig, goat programme Herald 14/10/2019 Tanyaradzwa Mutizwa Herald Reporter The Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP) has launched a pig and goat production project aimed at boosting household food, nutrition and income of smallholder farmers. The programme, which will be spearheaded by Action Aid under the ZAGP’s Value Chain Alliance for …
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How consumers are coping with price hikes
How consumers are coping with price hikes Herald 14/10/2019 Sweet potatoes have become a cheaper alternative for bread as prices of flour-based products go beyond the reach of many Tanaka Mahanya and Elizabeth Andreya Over the past few months, prices of all basic commodities have gone up. The situation is harder for workers who …
Govt pegs wheat producer price
Govt pegs wheat producer price Herald 14/10/2019 Minister Shiri Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government has pegged the 2019 wheat producer price at $8 612,08 per tonne, despite an expected low output due to power outages that characterised this year’s winter season. This is an increase from the $1 089,68 per tonne announced by the …
Beitbridge Highway: Time for real action
Editorial Comment – Beitbridge Highway: Time for real action Herald 14/10/2019 The Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway is by any imagination one of the busiest road traffic nerves of Southern Africa, annually moving essential goods worth billions of dollars between the north and south of the continent and beyond. Two border posts which the highway serves, Beitbridge …
The gendered politics of land ownership
The gendered politics of land ownership Chronicle 12/10/2019 The gender approach to development advocates for the lessening of social inequalities between men and women. Gender as a policy criterion has been found to reduce poverty, raise farm efficiency and improve natural resources Andile Tshuma One of the fundamental resources that is essential for the …
Youth in Agriculture seek funding
Youth in Agriculture seek funding Sunday Mail 13/10/2019 Costa Mataga, Farming Reporter AN organisation representing young farmers, Youth In Agriculture has appealed to the Government to provide land and inputs to farmers so that they enhance production and contribute to the growth of the farming sector. Bulawayo ambassador for Youth In Agriculture, Mrs Nonceba Mwedzi-Agwaniru …