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Poor households food stocks run out August 17, 2017By Own Correspondent About 2,2 million people require immediate food assistance. By Nyasha Chingono DESPITE the forecast 2016/17 bumper harvest, most poor households, mainly subsistence farmers will be in danger of starving by September due to depleted food stock levels, a food security barometer has warned.In its latest …
Zim cereal prices fall August 17, 2017By Own Correspondent Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph Made By Farai Mabeza CEREAL prices in the country declined in July to their lowest levels in five years on the back of a good agricultural season, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) has reported.Farmers in maize source areas …
Agric boards revival on cards Dr Made Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZIGovernment has said plans are at an advanced stage towards the re-creation of marketing boards that will champion the reintroduction of Government monopoly in the trading of all agricultural products across the country. In an interview with The Herald yesterday, Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation …
Presidential cotton inputs ready — Govt Dr Made Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterCotton inputs for the 2017-18 Presidential Inputs Scheme have been dispatched to various Cottco depots across the country and are ready for collection by farmers. The inputs are set to benefit 400 000 households, with each household getting an allocation for one hectare. …
Farmers smuggle cotton into Mozambique Harare BureauSOME local cotton farmers in the border areas of Mukumbura and Rushinga are smuggling their produce to Mozambique where they are being paid cash upon delivery. Investigations by our sister paper, The Herald Business revealed that some farmers in Chionde, Chiwenga, Kakono and Gairezi in northern Zimbabwe were …
Avian flu disrupts poultry supplies 0 August 17, 2017 2:28 PM Source: Avian flu disrupts poultry supplies | The Financial Gazette August 17, 2017 By Staff Reporter The first outbreak struck Lanark Farm in May, where Irvine’s Zimbabwe was forced to slaughter 140 000 chickens. TWO Avian Influenza outbreaks that have hit Zimbabwe’s largest poultry producer’s broiler breeder and …
Recommended tobacco transplanting agronomic practices Tobacco ridges with planting holes marked out ready for transplanting Buhle Nkomo CorrespondentSeptember 1 is the earliest legislative date for transplanting tobacco from the seedbed to the field. In preparation for this date, farmers are expected to have destroyed tobacco stalks and re-growths which are hosts for pests and agents …
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Setting up an agric commodity exchange Perishable commodities tend to have a high turnover and good prices if produced at the right time Charles Dhewa Correspondent One mistake that has to be avoided is trying to build an agricultural commodity exchange from external case studies. Each context is unique and requires carefully taking into account existing …
Milk production rises | The Herald Milk production for the month of July rose 6,2 percent to 5 810 176 litres compared to 5 471 113 litres in the period a year ago. This is the highest milk production achieved so far as the sector is beginning to recover from the first quarter of 2017 …
Grain imports reach $201,4m August 16, 2017 in Business ZIMBABWE imported grain worth $201,4 million in the first half of the year, an indication the nation was still a net importer of agricultural products despite the land redistribution programme, latest trade data from Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has shown. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Data gathered from Zimstat …