Government of Zimbabwe signs MoU with FinComEco to drive innovation in agriculture markets

  Government of Zimbabwe signs MoU with FinComEco to drive innovation in                            agriculture markets   March 22, 2018 9:06 AM     Source: Government of Zimbabwe signs MoU with FinComEco to drive   innovation in agriculture markets   The Government of Zimbabwe, under the aegises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade …

Tongaat opens 15 000ha for sugarcane production

Tongaat opens 15 000ha for sugarcane production  1 March 22, 2018 12:49 PM Source: Tongaat opens 15 000ha for sugarcane production | The Financial Gazette March 22, 2018 By Ndakaziva Majaka, Deputy Markets Editor Tongaat has said it is banking on the newly completed Tokwe-Mukosi Dam to increase production. ZIMBABWE’S largest sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett (Tongaat), is set to …

Duty suspension on hatching eggs stays

Duty suspension on hatching eggs stays  0 March 22, 2018 12:55 PM   Source: Duty suspension on hatching eggs stays | The Financial Gazette March 22, 2018 By Staff Reporter Day-old chicks production and table eggs supply dropped last year after the outbreak of AI at Lanark Farm owned by Irvine’s Zimbabwe. GOVERNMENT has extended the suspension of customs …

Baboons present new woes for timber firms

EASTERN NEWS | Baboons present new woes for timber firms Bernard Chiketo  •  22 March 2018 9:51AM  •  0 comments MUTARE – Timber companies here have a new problem to deal with — menacing troops of baboons — which have raised fresh fears of affecting the production of pine trees.A  decade ago, the primates severely affected …

ZimParks embark on ambitious command fisheries programme

ZimParks embark on ambitious command fisheries programme newsday THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has introduced 100 000 kapenta fish in the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam under the government’s ambitious command fisheries programme that will see the decentralisation of the pelagic and non-migratory sardine-like fish from Kariba Dam. BY Everson Mushava Zimparks spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo …

Tobacco now under Command Agriculture

Tobacco now under Command Agriculture   Elita Chikwati  and Livingstone MarufuThe 2018 tobacco season started yesterday with Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga indicating that tobacco will now be covered under the Command Agriculture Programme. “I am elated to report that Government has extended the Tobacco Contract Model to the same category, Special Maize Production …

2018 tobacco selling season opens today

2018 tobacco selling season opens today   Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterThe 2018 tobacco selling season starts today, with stakeholders in the industry expecting a smooth season. Auction floors will open today, while contract sales will start tomorrow. Farmers are expected to pocket more than $500 million from the tobacco sales. The Tobacco Industry and …

Agro-forestry: Missing link in nutritional, food security discourse

   Agro-forestry: Missing link in nutritional, food security discourse   March 18, 2018 8:30 AM   Source: Agro-forestry: Missing link in nutritional, food security discourse | Daily News   HARARE – At a glimpse, Zimbabwe’s eastern highlands region seems lush and verdant.   But a closer check depicts a land degraded by overgrazing, unsustainable cropping …

Point of convergence: The agriculture consultant and the accountant

Point of convergence: The agriculture consultant and the accountant   Tapuwa MashangwaONE of the things I have grown to appreciate, like and enjoy is meeting new people. Every new conversation means new ideas and with each passing day my brain is not the same as it was before. That is the beauty of sharing information …

Government shifts focus to winter crop

Government shifts focus to winter crop   Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands CorrespondentGOVERNMENT has expressed confidence that the country will have a bumper harvest in the winter cropping season after it received late rains in February and March, which increased inflows into major water bodies. Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira said Government was now …