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Fight against effects of climate change requires an ‘‘all hands on deck’ approach The Chronicle 21/9/2021 Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent THE fight against the effects of climate change requires an ‘‘all hands on deck’’ approach. Lately, the country has been grappling with veld fires which have been wreaking havoc amid the shocking revelation that the …

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Poultry sector pleads for duty extension waiver The Chronicle 21/9/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter POULTRY producers have engaged the Government seeking another import duty extension waiver on hatching eggs from outside Sadc by an additional six months to March next year. Through Statutory Instrument (SI) 245 of 2020, the Government has been able to …

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AMA seeks funders for agric raw materials The Chronicle 21/9/2021 Business Reporter THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has invited agribusinesses and other players that depend on agricultural raw materials to enter into production and marketing contracts with farmers for the coming season. AMA has called for the contractors to secure at least 40 percent of …

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All in place for wheat harvesting  0  September 20, 2021 11:21 AM Source: All in place for wheat harvesting | The Herald Its time for farmers to check fitness of their combine harvesters as we approach winter wheat harvesting Elita Chikwati-Senior Agriculture Reporter Preparations for the harvesting of the 2021 winter wheat crop are in place with stakeholders …

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Nation on course to achieve maize target  0  September 20, 2021 6:42 PM Source: Nation on course to achieve maize target | Herald (Business) A combine harvester works on a maize field. GMB says maize deliveries have gone past 900 000 tonnes. Martin Kadzere-Senior Business Reporter Maize deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have surpassed 900 …

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Govt to fund coal-to-fertiliser plant construction  0  September 20, 2021 8:23 PM Source: Govt to fund coal-to-fertiliser plant construction | The Herald Fertiliser Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Government will provide funding for the establishment of the coal to fertiliser plant in Mkwasine in the 2022 national budget, Verify Engineering chief executive officer Mr Pedzisai Tapfumaneyi has said. The …

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CICs to promote e-agriculture: Potraz ByNewsday 20/9/2021 BY OBERT SIAMILANDU Community information centres (CIC) being commissioned in various parts of the country can promote e-agriculture, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has said. In his speech at the commissioning of the Rafingora CIC on Friday, Potraz director-general Gift Machengete said: “Rafingora is a …

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Matabeleland livestock farmer with a difference   The Herald 20/9/2021 Bulawayo Bureau For Mangwe-based farmer Mr Mkhulunyelwa Nkomo, routine one-by-one follow-ups on his 500 cattle is normal practice. Starting with 20 cattle in 2000, his dream was always to become a striving livestock farmer. Every year, he gets up to 200 calves and sells some …

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Farmers decry inputs price increases   The Herald 20/9/2021 Elita Chikwati-Senior Agriculture Reporter Farmers have complained over the continuous increase in inputs prices which they said will affect viability and also affect the 2021/22 summer cropping season. The farmers expressed concern that while the producer prices have remained the same, prices of inputs have been …

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Rebranded Arda to drive rural industrialisation The Chronicle 20/9/2021 Nqobile Tshili, Business Reporter DRIVING rural industrialisation through use of latest technology and enhanced agricultural production are top priorities of the rebranded Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda). The State-owned enterprise has announced completion of a rebranding exercise aimed at repositioning the organisation to drive economic …

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