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Forecast shows 1,9m tonnes of cereals Tabitha Mutenga Staff Reporter THE Crop Prospects and Food Situation Quarterly Global Report’s preliminary forecasts show Zimbabwe producing about 1,9 million tonnes of grain in 2018. The report, done by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture, indicates that …
Tough times for leather sector newsday ZIMBABWE’S leather industry is currently producing 1,8 million pairs of shoes per year, down 90% compared to what it used to produce during its heyday, an official has revealed. MTHANDAZO NYONI Giving his presentation during the Bulawayo special economic zones breakfast meeting organised by Alpha Media Holdings and Bulawayo …
FAO winds up €6m projects newsday THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has wound up a ₧6 million four-year irrigation rehabilitation programme in Matabeleland South and Manicaland provinces, with the government urging beneficiaries to ensure sustainability of the projects. BY OWN CORRESPONDENT The projects directly benefitted over 2 000 households with at least 1 000 …
Pig producers to hold symposium The Herald This year’s annual pig symposium takes place on Wednesday June 27, 2018, at ART Farm, Pomona. The Pig Symposium, hosted by the Pig Producers Association of Zimbabwe in partnership with the Stockfeed Manufacturers Association, brings together current and prospective pig farmers as well as service providers to …
Presidential Inputs Scheme in early launch The Herald Fungai Lupande Mash Central BureauTHE Presidential Inputs Scheme has this year been launched earlier than in previous years to allow smallholder farmers ample time to prepare for the 2018/ 2019 season. The scheme was launched on Wednesday at Supa Township in Musana, Bindura by the Minister …
‘Put sugarcane farming under Command Agric’ The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziThe Commercial Sugarcane Farmers Association of Zimbabwe (CSFAZ) has urged Government to consider cane farming inputs allocation under the Command Agriculture programme to boost output and earn the country more foreign currency. This comes at a time Lowveld sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe …
Bogus grain dealers on the prowl The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziVillagers in Chiredzi South have been urged to be wary of grain dealers who are on the prowl, buying maize and small grains from desperate farmers at appallingly low prices. Hordes of unscrupulous grain buyers are reportedly taking advantage of the desperation for …
UK market craves for Zimbabwe beef: CSC SEZ -BCC breakfast meetimg Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE UK is craving for Zimbabwean beef products and has engaged the Cold Storage Company (CSC) to resume exports to the lucrative market, an official has said. The country’s largest beef processor and marketer, CSC, used to have an annual …
UK-based entrepreneur links small-scale farmers with foreign investors newsday A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean entrepreneur has launched an agricultural investment platform which will connect small-scale and communal farmers with local and foreigners seeking to invest in agriculture. BY BUSINESS REPORTER The platform, www.Farmvest.biz, is the brainchild of Michael Matope. Matope said Farmvest.biz realised that the demand …
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Case for decolonising agric value chains The Herald Charles DhewaIdentifying and explaining each agricultural value chain’s nodes is a better way of revealing the extent to which a value chain can lift people out of poverty and contribute to broader development aspirations. The longer the value chain, the more contribution to socio-economic development. Most …