Illegal maize buyers fleecing farmers in rural areas

Illegal maize buyers fleecing farmers in rural areas   The Herald 13/10/2021 Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Traditional leaders have appealed to the Government to speed up payments to farmers for maize delivered to the Grain Marketing Board as part of measures to prevent illegal side marketing which often sees farmers being fleeced. The illegal buyers offer …

Plan to stabilise bread flour prices

Plan to stabilise bread flour prices   The Herald 13/10/2021 Fungai Lupande The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is in talks with Government to stabilise the prices and supplies of bread flour until the end of the year. Speaking in Bindura, GMAZ national chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said his organisation met some Government representatives …

Presidential Horticulture Scheme to boost rural incomes

Presidential Horticulture Scheme to boost rural incomes   The Herald 13/10/2021 Elita Chikwati  Senior Agriculture Reporter The Presidential Rural Horticulture Transformation Plan will be rolled out in the forthcoming summer cropping season to boost rural incomes, improve family nutrition and open the way for local processing of foods. Government is set to roll out the scheme …

How sanctions collapsed Zim beef industry

How sanctions collapsed Zim beef industry The Chronicle 13/10/2021 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE country’s famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land reform programme. Zimbabwe’s beef industry had an annual beef export quota of …

Namibian professional hunters also conserve wildlife

Namibian professional hunters also conserve wildlife eDuzeNet 12/10/2021 They bring international hunters and income to Africa. Additionally, they contribute to wildlife management and conservation through acceptable hunting ethics.  They also use hunting income to pay for wildlife and habitat conservation. Therefore, if professional hunters didn’t exist, it would have been a missed opportunity for both …

Access to land ignites interest of youths in agric

Access to land ignites interest of youths in agric The Herald 12/10/2021 Elita Chikwati – Senior Agriculture Reporter Peter Mhlauri, a cotton grower from Goldenvale in Chinhoyi never imagined himself buying a tractor and a trailer in his lifetime. Given the low earnings from cotton and other crops he farms, owning such machinery was just …

Strong winds, drizzle across Zim

Strong winds, drizzle across Zim   The Herald 12/10/2021 Senior Agriculture Reporter  The strong winds and thunderstorms over many areas since Sunday including drizzle and light rain in some areas yesterday arise from a strong high pressure system over Zimbabwe. Meteorological Services Department (MSD) deputy director Mrs Linia Mashawi-Gopo yesterday said Zimbabwe normally experiences strong …

Illegal charcoal industry decimates forests

Illegal charcoal industry decimates forests The Chronicle 12/10/2021 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief EVERY day in Gweru, over 50 donkey drawn scotch carts invade the city’s suburbs loaded with firewood or charcoal for sale to residents, restaurant and tshisanyama owners. Small trucks and big lorries are also used to carry firewood from the forests to …

‘Small herds can pay big’

WATCH: ‘Small herds can pay big’ The Chronicle 12/10/2021 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Chronicle Reporter Esigodini-based cattle breeder, Mr Obert Chinhamo says contributing to the success of the Livestock Growth Development Plan does not only require a farmer to have a large herd of cattle but also quality  breed. Mr Chinhamo who owns Biano Farm, boasts of …

Public Health Lock-down Order : Further Relaxation of Lock-down

BILL WATCH 68/2021 [9th October 2021] Public Health Lock-down Order : Further Relaxation of Lock-down Following an announcement by the Cabinet on Tuesday that the lock-down would be extended for another two weeks, but that bars and nightclubs would be allowed to open, the government published a statutory instrument – the Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, …