Category: Agriculture (archives)

Bread basket status for Zim: Financial inclusion the way to go newsday RECENTLY President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that, Zimbabwe was on track to regain its bread basket status owing to the highly-successful command agriculture programme and that the country had kissed hunger goodbye when it embarked on command agriculture with the support of Sakunda Holdings. …

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Cultivating power of real-time awareness   The Herald Charles DhewaAs agricultural value chains in developing countries become over-crowded and hyper-competitive, real-time awareness has never been so important. While digital technology is being presented as a solution, more efforts have to go into ensuring information satisfies the needs of farmers, traders and other value chain actors …

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Millers to import 150 000t wheat   The Herald Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterThe Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) will import 150 000 tonnes of wheat between now and November to supplement national stocks as the country is only left with two months’ supply. The current wheat stocks stands at 90 000 tonnes and more …

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Seed Co scores first: Takes 30 farmers to SA expo. . . keeping abreast with agric technologies   The Herald Own Correspondent“Seed Co’s thought leadership initiatives saw an elated 30 farmers being flown to South Africa to join about 80 000 agriculture stakeholders across the globe at the NAMPO Park Exhibition Site, Bothaville, Free States, …

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Preserve livestock supplementary feeds for winter season, farmers urged   The Herald Locadia Mavhudzi Midlands CorrespondentFARMERS in Zvishavane and Mberengwa districts have been urged to boost and preserve livestock supplementary feeds for the upcoming winter season as the two districts are highly affected by poor grazing pastures. Midlands provincial crop and livestock officer Mrs Madeliner …

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Govt anchors CSC revival on Command Livestock   The Herald Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau ChiefGovernment is anchoring the revival of the Cold Storage Commission (CSC) on Command Livestock, with emphasis on artificial insemination which has a 60 percent success rate for a new breed of bulls and heifers that fetches more money on the international market. …

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Beekeepers want tight regulation of pesticides use newsday THE Matabeleland Beekeepers’ Association has challenged government to introduce stringent control measures on the use of pesticides and insecticides, saying they pose a serious threat to the country’s bee population. BY SILAS NKALA The association’s secretary, Welcome Bhila, who is also the Zimbabwe Apiculture Platform secretary and …

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Surface Wilmar eyes Cottco    The Herald Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Business ReporterSurface Wilmar Group Zimbabwe is set to acquire a 50 percent stake in the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) and has plans to immediately  invest $100 million in the agro -industrial firm. Surface is a joint venture between the Singapore head-quartered agribusiness group, Wilmar …

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$50k for Mwenezi rainstorm victims   The Herald Masvingo CorrespondentOver 240 families whose homes in Mwenezi East were destroyed by rainstorm last week, are set to benefit from a $50 000 rescue fund set up by the local Member of Parliament Cde Joosbi Omar. Mwenezi was one of the most affected areas after the rainstorm …

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‘Mbanje licensing still on’    The Herald Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health ReporterGovernment has not suspended licences for growing cannabis and prospective growers can continue submitting their applications, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said. Responding to recent reports in some sections of the media that Government had suspended issuance of licences to …

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