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Government’s command agric targets fruit trees Financial Gazette 7 September 2017 By Own Correspondent By Farai Mabeza GOVERNMENT has tasked the Forestry Commission to spearhead its command agriculture programme targeting fruit tree production, a Cabinet Minister has said. The government last year launched the command agriculture scheme to increase production o the staple maize crop …
Botswana donates foot-and-mouth disease vaccines to Zim September 8, 2017 in National, News THE Botswana government has donated 473 200 doses of vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to help Zimbabwe contain the recent outbreak and ensure that the infectious disease does not spread into the neighbouring country, which is the region’s prime beef producer. BY PAIDAMOYO MUZULU The …
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Nestle to revive coffee estates Herald 8 September 2017 Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter NESTLE Zimbabwe is looking at reviving coffee estates in the Eastern Highlands through contracting small-scale farmers, sources familiar with the development have said. The company, a unit of the world’s largest food and beverage firm, Swiss-based Nestle Global, is looking into the …
Timing, always key in farming preparedness Herald 7 September 2017 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Zimbabwe has come out of a successful agricultural season and expects around four million tonnes of different crops, chief among them maize. This success story has been attributed to hard working farmers, good rains and Government inputs schemes such as the Presidential …
How climate change will disrupt consumer tastes Herald 7 September 2017 A small increase in global temperature can cause devastating droughts Charles Dhewa Features correspondent Climate change is not just calling for more knowledge but effective awareness about a wide range of issues like changes in consumption patterns. While people in different communities have developed …
Govt urges farmers to grow mushroom Herald 7 September 2017 Joyce Mukucha Herald Reporter GOVERNMENT has urged farmers to consider focusing on mushroom production to improve their livelihoods. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Deputy Minister Paddy Zhanda said mushroom production had transformed the lives of many people in Goromonzi. Last month, Cde Zhanda toured mushroom projects in …
Zim moves to tap into honey export market Chronicle 7 September 2017 Business Reporter ZIMBABWE has started commercialising honey production to tap into the vast export opportunities. In 2016, the global natural honey industry was worth $2 billion with the European Union being the largest importer spending about $970 million on 322 374 tonnes. …
Are we ready for farming season? 6 September 2017 HARARE – How time flies! Only around this time last year, Zimbabweans were not so sure what the heavens had in store for them after going through consecutive drought periods the previous years that left millions in need of food aid. Just as well, the heavens opened …
HARARE, September 5 (The Source) – Zimbabwe chicken breeders will this month begin importing hatching eggs from Europe as the country moves to avert shortage of poultry products sparked by the avian influenza outbreak, an industry official has said. Zimbabwe was hit by two outbreaks of the highly pathogenic bird flu in May and July …
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How niche markets influence agricultural commodity prices September 6, 2017 in Business, Opinion & Editorials One of the most persistent myths in African agriculture is that commodity prices are set by traders, negatively referred to as “middlemen”. BY CHARLES DHEWA Paying lip service to understanding market dynamics has seen most interventions designed to get rid of “middlemen” failing …
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