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Small-scale dairy production could boost Zim’s milk output    Herald 6/8/2019 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Supporting smallholder dairy farmers with information and knowledge could help make their production systems more competitive, helping to reduce poverty, raise nutrition levels and improve the livelihoods of rural people across the country. In addition to this, …

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Costs slow agric preps  Herald 6/8/2019   (file) Prices of maize seed have skyrocketed with a 25kg packet going for as much $250 in some Harare retail outlets over the weekend Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Inputs uptake for the 2019-20 summer cropping season is still low with most farmers expected to turn to Government inputs …

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Tobacco exempted from 2% tax  0 August 5, 2019 2:17 PM Source: Tobacco exempted from 2% tax | Newsday (National) Government has exempted the transactions done during the purchasing of the tobacco crop from paying the 2% tax in order to eliminate double taxation. BY MISHMA CHAKANYUKA Early this year, tobacco merchants suspended purchases of the …

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Adapting African agriculture to climate change Sunday Mail 4/8/2019 Laura Tuck & Hafez Ghanem Climate change is already putting huge stress on Africa’s food production systems. And, according to projections, worse is coming. As ministers for agriculture from across the continent gather in Kigali for the Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue (August 5 and August …

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