Partnership forestalls Hwange poaching

Partnership forestalls Hwange poaching The Chronicle 28/8/2021 Leonard Ncube at Hwange National Park THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks)  has recorded no cases of poaching of elephants at Hwange National Park since last year, thanks to improved conservation efforts as a result of partnership with other organisations. In 2013, more than 120 elephants …

Govt gives Command Agric farmers ultimatum

Govt gives Command Agric farmers ultimatum The Chronicle 28/8/2021 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter FARMERS who benefited under Command Agriculture must repay at least 80 percent of the 2020/21 summer cropping season total loan by November 30, failure of which they won’t be enrolled in the coming season, a Cabinet Minister has said. Under the National …

Lack of markets fail irrigation projects

Lack of markets fail irrigation projects The Chronicle 28/8/2021 Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter MOST rural economic development projects collapse not because there is no commitment among project implementers but failure to market. This is true for Masiyephambili Irrigation Scheme in Zamanyoni Village, Matobo District, Matabeleland South which collapsed 16 years ago as its members could …

Saving the endangered…Female rangers, AK47 rifles in rhino conservation drive

Saving the endangered…Female rangers, AK47 rifles in rhino conservation drive The Chronicle 28/8/2021 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter WITH AK47 assault rifles on their shoulders, Ms Siqedumusa Ngwenya (36) and Ms Catherine Kandemiiri (30) trudge through the bush and the rocky outcrops in the Matopos National Park. Their mission is to ensure the safety of the …

23,5MW solar plant for CSC Bulawayo

23,5MW solar plant for CSC Bulawayo The Chronicle 30/8/2021 Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has received an application from Boustead Solar (Private) Limited to construct and operate a 23,5MW solar power plant in Bulawayo’ Belmont industrial site. The power generated is expected to be sold to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution …

‘2021 best beef marketing season’

‘2021 best beef marketing season’ The Chronicle 30/8/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (LMAC) says 2021 is the best beef marketing season underpinned by a good harvest after many years of drought induced food shortages. In its latest beef sector market watch report, LMAC says the good rains the …

Market linkages increase productivity

Market linkages increase productivity The Sunday Mail 29/8/2021 Word from the market with AMA The impact of the Agricultural Recovery Plan (ARP) has been to reverse negative production and productivity trends that had suppressed the growth of various agricultural crops. Part of the low productivity has been attributed to a lack of market information and …

ZMX drives funding into agriculture

ZMX drives funding into agriculture The Sunday Mail 29/8/2021 Business Reporter The recently launched Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) is currently focused on the storage and securitisation of commodities for them to become instruments that can be accepted in the financial services sector. Speaking during Business Weekly’s live programme, State of the Market, Mr Collen Tapfumaneyi, …

Identifying export opportunities in agriculture inputs,implements

Identifying export opportunities in agriculture inputs,implements The Sunday Mail 29/8/2021 Trade Focus Allan Majuru The growing world population and changing climatic patterns have resulted in a major boost towards increased agricultural production across countries. The fast-changing diets of developing countries have also changed the structure of the global agricultural systems and this has seen an …