Govt negotiates 280MW imports to ease deficit

Govt negotiates 280MW imports to ease deficit The Chronicle 17/9/2021 Business Reporter ZIMBABWE is engaged in talks with Mozambique and Zambia to secure a combined 280MW of electricity to bridge the temporary supply deficit, which has seen consumers going for several hours without power. The country is generating internally up to 1 350MW but the …

International hunting makes Botswana communities improve wildlife conservation

International hunting makes Botswana communities improve wildlife conservation The Chronicle 17/9/2021 Emmanuel Koro Botswana hunting communities in the wildlife-rich Chobe District have decided to further improve wildlife and habitat conservation as well as community development, using the millions that they earned from international hunting this season. Interviews with representatives of two hunting communities in Chobe …

ZimParks remodels strategic business plan

ZimParks remodels strategic business plan  0  September 16, 2021 1:45 PM Source: ZimParks remodels strategic business plan | Herald (Business) ZimParks director-general Dr Fulton Upenyu Mangwanya addresses delegates while board chairman Dr Agrippa Sora looks-on at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting in Harare yesterday – Picture: Kudakwashe Hunda. Michael Tome–Business Reporter The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management …

WERDIT partners EMA to alleviate conflicts arising from veld fires 

WERDIT partners EMA to alleviate conflicts arising from veld fires  0  September 16, 2021 4:16 PM As part of its peace building initiatives, the Wedza Residents Development Initiative Trust (WERDIT) has partnered with the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to educate the Wedza community on mitigating veld fires that have also become a source of conflict in …

Cotton farmers positive of improved yields 

Cotton farmers positive of improved yields  0  September 16, 2021 3:21 PM Source: Cotton farmers positive of improved yields – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY MOSES MATENGA COTTON farmers in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces said the new hybrid seed provided to them by the government and Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has kept them in the game and …

Plastics startup off to fast start after raising $1 million via crowdfunding

Plastics startup off to fast start after raising $1 million via crowdfunding POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 Startup Canadian Industrial Hemp Corporation (CIHC) said has it raised more than $1 million of a $5 million dollar goal on crowdfunding site wefunder.com. Lewes, Delaware-based CIHC has been working on a plan to open a factory for production …

Govt urged to increase Pfumvudza acreage

Govt urged to increase Pfumvudza acreage – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 16/9/2021 BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA SENATORS have pleaded with the Agriculture ministry to increase the land under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme from the current half an acre to at least one acre for all targeted farmers for improved yields. “The Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural …

VAYA Technologies’ agric unit urges farmers to embrace mechanisation ahead of new farming season

VAYA Technologies’ agric unit urges farmers to embrace mechanisation ahead of new farming season The Chronicle 16/9/2021 VAYA Digital Farmer (VDF), the agriculture-based mobile technology platform from VAYA Technologies, is calling on farmers to embrace sustainable mechanisation and start land preparations for the coming farming season. This comes as the Southern Africa region is expected …

Capital injection for Land Bank

Capital injection for Land Bank   The Herald 16/9/2021 Elita Chikwati-Senior Agriculture Reporter  Government has agreed to a faster and robust recapitalisation route for the Agricultural Finance Corporation, trading as the Land and Agriculture Development Bank of Zimbabwe (LADBZ) to make it the biggest bank in Zimbabwe in the next six months. This comes as …