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Gweru leases abattoir | The Herald Babbington Machingura Midlands ReporterCash-strapped Gweru City Council has leased out its abattoir to meat processors Koala Park Abattoir, in a bid to improve its revenue streams. In an interview recently, Gweru’s town clerk Mrs Elizabeth Gwatipedza said the local authority had since entered into a five-year lease agreement, …
Farmers against Cottco monopoly | The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziCotton farmers are against the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe’s current push to have its monopoly on cotton marketing restored, saying this will grossly be prejudicial. Farmers want the current arrangement which safeguards against unfair treatment. Cotton Producers and Marketers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Mr …
Province to benefit from Command Broiler initiative Lawrence Chitumba Mash Central CorrespondentChicken rearing is now one of the critical components of Command Livestock as Government angles to uplift people’s lives, Mashonaland Central crops and livestock officer Mr Stancilae Tapererwa has said. Speaking at a field day for Command Agriculture maize crop at Mr More …
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Making sense of differences between evidence and experience By Newsday – April 4, 2018 While there is an increase in emphasis on evidence-based policy, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based this and that, people’s collective experiences may be more powerful than evidence alone. By CHARLES DHEWA If African agriculture and rural development relied solely on evidence without …
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Arda to launch pecan nut project near Bulawayo Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterThe Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (Arda) will soon launch a pecan nut project near Bulawayo, as it embarks on production of the high value commodity. ARDA chairman Basil Nyabadza, this week said the authority had secured a partner for the project …
ZimTrade tips farmers on $4.7bn capsicum market Business ReporterREASERCH from Trade Map indicates that spices are a high value cash crop, which horticulture farmers in Zimbabwe should consider growing more, Zimtrade has said. Capsicum (pepper) comprises the bulk of the global spice trade, taking up 45 percent of all traded spices in 2016 with …
Tobacco exports decline in first quarter Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterZIMBABWE’S tobacco exports have declined by 35.4 percent to 25.3 million kilogrammes in the first quarter of 2017 against 39.2 million kg exported in the comparable period last year. According to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) report for the week ended March …
Water Agreement: All you need to know What is a water abstraction agreement?A water abstraction agreement is a contract that any person, entity or organisation who needs a reservation for their use of raw water from Zinwa managed or State dams enters into with Zinwa for the provision of his or her water requirements. …
Chimanimani farmers restore wetland to face changing future Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryPeter Chieza remembers how famine forced his family to move from Mhandarume to what is now known as Chieza village in 1994. The 56-year-old father of seven was looking forstray cattle with his brothers when they stumbled upon an oasis, the Nyambeya wetland …
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Flats should be compulsory in new residential schemes Minister July Moyo Own CorrespondentLocal Government Minister July Moyo has warned of a major crisis around Zimbabwe’s towns and cities where much of agricultural land is been converted into urban settlements. It is in fact a double crisis because urbanisation itself is pushing councils to the …
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