Goat breeding sustains women in Binga

Goat breeding sustains women in Binga The Chronicle 13/9/2021 Hazel Marimbiza While climate change is affecting the country, the greatest intensity of impacts is experienced in the rural areas, where the majority of smallholder farmers are extremely vulnerable to climate hazards as a result of poverty and weak access to services and institutional resources. In …

Farm data being collected can give U.S. edge in global marketplace

Farm data being collected can give U.S. edge in global marketplace POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 Research initiatives undertaken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can help domestic players and strengthen the American hemp industry’s position on the international stage. By quantifying outputs and their value, and indicating trends for such things as varieties being …

ED toasts for agric modernisation

ED toasts for agric modernisation – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 10/9/2021 By Staff Reporter President Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged local companies to play their part in the modernisation of the agricultural sector. Speaking during the commissioning of a multi-million-dollar SeedCo seed maize conditioning plant in Mashonaland West province yesterday, Mnangagwa said government would play its …

‘Tobacco farmers have embraced reforestation’

‘Tobacco farmers have embraced reforestation’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 10/9/2021 BY OBERT SIAMILANDU THE Forestry Commission has hailed tobacco farmers in most parts of the country for creating woodlots for the cure of the golden leaf under the tobacco wood energy programme (TWEP), a move that will avert deforestation. TWEP was formed over a …

‘Sekuru’ Robertson planted unique breed of crop experts

‘Sekuru’ Robertson planted unique breed of crop experts The Herald 10/9/2021 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor The scientific community was extremely saddened to hear about the death of eminent biologist and crop expert — Dr Alexander Ian Robertson in August this year. Dr Robertson, who devoted his scientific career to teaching plant physiology and molecular …

Government contains quelea birds threat

Government contains quelea birds threat   Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Permanent Secretary Dr John Basera (second from left) and local farmers tour the quelea birds roosting place to assess the extent of the kill in Kwekwe yesterday. The Herald 10/9/2021 Freedom Mupanedemo-Midlands Bureau Government says it has managed to contain quelea birds …