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Arda to set up US$100m fund AGRICULTURAL and Rural Development Authority (Arda) is in the process of setting up a US$100 million fund that will benefit its various estates and boost exports of farm produce, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza Board chairman Basil Nyabadza told businessdigest last week that Arda is working with an …
Bread shortage averted – The Standard The milling industry has received a boost after it took delivery of 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat, which is enough for three weeks, to avert a potential bread shortage. BY NDAMU SANDU IN BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE The wheat was imported from Germany with another consignment expected in three weeks’ …
Millers seek subsidy on staples Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has approached the government to subsidise staple food to ensure price stability amid rising costs in the milling industry. BY BUSINESS REPORTER GMAZ chairman Tafadzwa Musarara said on Saturday the industry had approached government for the subsidy to be effected. “We have intimated that …
Try GMO seed, farmers urge Govt The Herald Lawrence Chitumba Mash Central CorrespondentSTAKEHOLDERS in the cotton industry have called on Government to start trials on genetically modified pest resistant cotton seed, Bacillus Thuringiensis Cotton, which produces an insecticide that controls bollworm. The most destructive of pest is the African boll-worm (Helicoverpa armigera), which biotech experts …
Command Livestock takes shape Source: Command Livestock takes shape – Sunday News Jul 1, 2018 Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Farming ReporterTHE distribution of cattle under Government’s Special Livestock, Fisheries and Wildlife Programme is in full swing with a number of farmers in Matabeleland region having received their animals. Matabeleland South provincial crops and livestock officer who is also the Command …
EDITORAL COMMENT : TIMB statistics point to great potential in agric 4-5 minutes The Herald INDICATIONS by the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) that tobacco production hit 207 million kg — the highest volume produced post-land reform — speaks volumes about where we are headed as a nation whose economy is largely hinged …
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Cottco engages 400k farmers 3 minutes The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi— The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has this season engaged 400 000 farmers as it redirects its efforts to improving the yield, an official has said. The development is also in line with the Government thrust to further extend the Presidential …
Food aid for UMP folk 2-3 minutes The Herald Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Correspondent— Government has promised to provide food to the villagers in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe District who failed to get meaningful yields in the last season due to poor rains. Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri (pictured above) told …
Govt should speed up dam construction to avert illegal settlements By Newsday – June 28, 2018 GOVERNMENT delays in the construction and completion of large dams has left a lot to be desired and in some cases this has allowed people to settle on planned dam sites. BY TONDERAYI MATONHO Observers have …
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Lower cereal harvest forecast for SADC, but . . . The dry spell caused moisture stress and wilting of early-planted crops in many areas in Botswana, south-western Madagascar, southern Malawi, southern and some central parts of Mozambique, Zambia and Admire Ndhlovu Correspondent Southern Africa is expecting a lower cereal harvest for the 2017-18 …
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