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Tobacco auction system under threat The Herald Tobacco auction system is under serious threat as it emerged that buyers are conniving with auction floors to lower golden leaf prices, hence farmers are fleeing to contract system which is offering more attractive price. The highest price for contract so far is $5,80 per kilogramme against …
Chiredzi chiefs appeal for food assistance The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziChiefs here have appealed to Government to start providing food assistance to communities across the district, most of whom are faced with shortages following poor harvests in the just-ended farming season due to drought. Chiredzi is one of the driest districts in Masvingo …
NGO starts rehabilitating Beitbridge irrigation projects The Herald Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge BureauA non-governmental organisation, Cesvi, has started rehabilitating nine irrigation schemes in Beitbridge as part of a three-year Zimbabwe Resilience Programme, which is funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNDP has availed $5,3 million for the initiative, which will also cover non …
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Siltation threatens irrigation scheme The Herald Luthando Mapepa Manicaland CorrespondentOVER 300 smallholder farmers at Chibuwe Irrigation Scheme in Chipinge are in danger of losing their winter wheat crop due to siltation in Save River caused by riverbank cultivation. Illegal farming along banks of the river has resulted in farmers failing to access water through …
Fight climate change through tree planting — Ecobank Business ReporterECOBANK Zimbabwe says planting trees is an effective approach to tackling the effects of climate change. In its message to mark the World Environment Day on Tuesday, the bank re-affirmed its commitment to contributing to efforts to save the planet from environmental degradation and pollution …
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$400 million worth of tobacco sold Business ReporterNEARLY $400 million worth of tobacco has so far been sold at the auction floors since the beginning of the marketing season in March, official figures show. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) indicated that as of May 23, 137,4 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf …
Sable to raise $200 million for coal bed methane project Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands CorrespondentSABLE Chemical Industries, the country’s sole producer of Ammonium Nitrate, is set to embark on a project to set up a $200 million fertiliser manufacturing plant which uses Coal Bed Methane (CBM). Speaking during the tour of the company by President Emmerson …
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Govt backs Muda Dam project The Herald Yeukai Karengezeka Herald CorrespondentGovernment has thrown its weight behind the construction of Muda Dam that is set to end Chitungwiza town’s perennial water woes. The dam, which is estimated to cost $285 million, will solve perennial water problems in the town. In an interview, Chitungwiza Town Clerk …
Why growing spices makes sense for Zim The Herald Sifelani Tsiko recently in ZanzibarA tour to Kizimbani Spice Farm in Ungunja, the main island of Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, provides a unique taste of Africa’s spice islands. Zanzibar spice tours provide an intense, detailed and useful insight into …
Cotton farmers warned over side marketing The Herald Business ReporterCotton farmers should desist from side marketing and deliver all contract-funded produce to appropriate merchants for a sustainable recovery of the sector, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perence Shiri has said. Government has been financing cotton production in the past three years, but lost …