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Met Dept looks to radars to boost weather info Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryThe radar is able to provide precise, area-specific forecasts of severe weather and climate occurrences, say experts. Extreme events such as tropical storms or hail can be accurately detected a day, even hours, before they occur or as they build up, they …
Tobacco hectarage affected by poor rainfall distribution Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterThe hectarage put under flue-cured tobacco this season has marginally dropped owing to poor rainfall distribution, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. In its latest crop assessment report, compiled together with Agritex after an assessment in tobacco-growing areas from January …
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Use irrigation plots fully: Shiri Sydney Mubaiwa in ZakaFarmers at irrigation schemes must fully utilise their plots and help boost food security. The call was made by Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Chief Air Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) last week while touring the Fuve-Panganai Irrigation Scheme in Zaka, Masvingo. “Government is keen to …
Extend inputs scheme, say cotton farmers Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterGovernment should extend the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme for cotton farmers beyond this season to allow them to recover from viability challenges that have plagued the industry in successive years, legislators heard. Cotton Company of Zimbabwe officials and cotton farmers told a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee …
Tobacco hectarage declines 5.5 percent Dr John Mangudya Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE area planted under the tobacco crop in the 2017/18 cropping season has declined by 5.5 percent to 104 397 hectares from 110 518ha during the same period last year, official figures show. The decline in area planted under tobacco is largely attributed …
Horticulture exporters cry foul 7 February 17, 2018 2:00 AM Source: Horticulture exporters cry foul | The Financial Gazette February 16, 2018 By Zebb Chakawa Horticulture exporters are crying foul LOCAL horticulture exporters have engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) over payment of freight charges on the back of challenges with international airlines, it has emerged. Fresh …
Zim’s slaughter stock declines 0 February 18, 2018 2:00 AM Source: Zim’s slaughter stock declines | The Financial Gazette February 16, 2018 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor THE supply of beef for slaughter fell sharply during the third and fourth quarters of 2017, resulting in meat prices increasing, figures from the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council …
ARDA resumes groundnut exports | The Financial Gazette By Ndakaziva Majaka, Deputy Markets Editor ARDA chairman, Basil Nyabadza THE Agriculture Rural Development Authority (ARDA) is set to resume groundnut exports following a six-year hiatus, the parastatal’s chairman has said.ARDA chairman, Basil Nyabadza, said last week the firm had already secured an order from South …
Molasses shortage looms – The Zimbabwe Independent MOLASSES procurement by stockfeed manufacturers on the local market has tumbled from a peak of 1 474 metric tonnes per month in 2015 to 774 metric tonnes per month in 2017, it has emerged. By Tinashe Kairiza The bulk of the commodity is being consumed by competing industries, …
A sit down with Conrad Rautenbach from Green Fuel FUEL prices shot up recently before Government intervened by reducing import duty on fuel to stem the price madness that rose as a result. Questions have been raised as to the contribution of the multi-million dollar investment by Green Fuel in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi …
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