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Command Livestock boosts stockfeed sales 1-2 minutes The Herald Manicaland Correspondent STOCKFEED companies in Manicaland have recorded a boom in feeds sales, thanks to the large number of farmers taking up Government’s Command lLvestock programme in the province. In an interview with The Herald at the just-ended Manicaland Agricultural Show, Grain Marketing Board (GMB) …
Seed houses assure farmers 3-4 minutes The Herald ‘. . . early maturing varieties in stock’ Elita Chikwati and Mary MuradzikwaThe Zimbabwe Seed Trade Association has assured farmers that it has maize seed varieties suitable for the low rainfall predicted by weather experts for the 2018-19 summer season. The Meteorological Services Department last week …
Why developing countries should boost small-scale farming 6-7 minutes The Herald Rachel Wynberg and Laura Pereira Industrial agriculture – farming that involves the intensive production of livestock, poultry, fish and crops – is one of the most environmentally destructive forms of land use. It depends on mechanisation and on inputs like synthetic fertiliser and …
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Govt to address poor agric productivity 2-3 minutes The Herald Lawrence Chitumba Mash Central Correspondent GOVERNMENT is committed to addressing issues of low farming productivity to ensure that food and nutrition security is attained among smallholder farmers, Mashonaland Central provincial administrator, Mr Cosmas Chiringa. Speaking at the launch of the district Presidential Inputs Support …
Farmers warned over rampaging pest 3-3 minutes Early detection helps control the Tuta absoluta The Herald Sydney Mubaiwa in Zaka Farmers here have been advised to be on the look out for the dangerous and devastating Tuta absoluta pest (tomato leafminer), which mainly targets tomatoes, tobacco, eggplants and cabbages. Addressing farmers and other stakeholders …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Farmers must prepare for below normal rains 5-6 minutes The Chronicle Farmers across the country are finalising their preparations for the summer agricultural season which is expected to start next month. The well-resourced among them have already bought inputs and have prepared their fields, ready for the onset of the rains. On …
Security sector to vet mbanje farmers Mugove Tafirenyika • 2 September 2018 4:24PM • 0 comments 4-6 minutes HARARE – The security sector will play an active role in the production and regulation of cannabis (mbanje or dagga) to be grown for medicinal or scientific purposes, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Early this year, government legalised …
SeedCo wins Agric Show best overall exhibit – NewsDay Zimbabwe 2-2 minutes SEED CO Zimbabwe won a double at 2018 Harare Agricultural Show, which ended on Saturday, the 108th time the exhibition has been held. BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE Seed Co managing director Denias Zaranyika (left) poses for a picture with President Emmerson Mnangagwa The …
Osborne Dam ‘underutilised’ 3-3 minutes The Herald Wimbainashe Zhakata Mutare Correspondent Authorities have raised concern that the $300 million Osborne Dam project in Mutasa district is lying idle more than a decade after its completion, despite numerous business opportunities available at the site. The Osborne Dam site on Odzi River was identified in the …
Veld fires ravage 30 000ha 3-3 minutes Scenes like this have become common in Seke, Chikomba, Goromonzi and Marondera areas of Mashonaland East, according to EMA. – File photo The Herald Victor Maphosa Mash East CorrespondentAt least 30 180 hectares in Mashonaland East Province were affected by veld fires in August, an official from …