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Govt to maintain maize price – NewsDay Zimbabwe FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa says the government will maintain the $390 per tonne maize price in the 2017/2018 agricultural season, despite it being the highest in Southern Africa amid concerns that it is unsustainable. By Fidelity Mhlanga Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa Critics claim the high producer …
Fall armyworm: Did we kill pest or merely scorched it? July 25, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightThere is nothing worse than fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in cocoon stage and pupating in dry maize cobs, crop residues or in pastures of thick grasses such as Star and Bana. I remember the anxiety that gripped the country when the …
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165 companies to showcase at Gweru Agric Show July 25, 2017 Business Lovemore Zigara, Midlands CorrespondentCHINESE Ambassador Mr Wuang Pin will officially open the Midlands Agricultural Show (MAS) in Gweru this week where about 165 companies will participate. Organisers of the annual event say preparations for the show are in full swing with 90 percent of stands …
Maize deliveries pour in. . . GMB receives an average 90 000t per week July 25, 2017 Local News Grain Marketing Board silos Elita Chikwati, Harare BureauTHE Grain Marketing Board is receiving an average 90 000 tonnes of maize a week with Government yesterday saying deliveries were fast appoaching the 500 000 tonnes required for the Strategy …
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Wood fuel as a source of energy – NewsDay Zimbabwe Wood as a forest resource and a source of energy has dominated the world’s rural energy data bases in the form of firewood for both heating and lighting. guest column: Peter Makwanya As a result, wood resources have suffered so much depletion mainly …
Agric Show preps gather momentum July 24, 2017 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterPreparations for the 2017 Harare Agricultural Show have started, with the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) saying registrations for exhibitors have already surpassed last year’s figures. The show will run from August 21 to 24 under the theme “Seed to Food: Innovate, Consolidate, Sustain”. …
Tongaat to export more sugar July 24, 2017 Local News Minister Bimha From Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziGovernment has allowed Zimbabwe Sugar Sales to export more sugar, amid a projected rise in sugar output this milling season. With Tongaat Hullet Zimbabwe’s mills having a combined crushing capacity of 640 000 tonnes of sugar per annum, Minister of …
Dam Levels as at 17/07/2017 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL DAILY TREND (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres) Kariba 64800.00 35777.1 55.2 Tokwe Mukorsi 1802.6 1303 72.3 Mutirikwi 1378.08 546.397 39.6 Manyame 480.23 473.044 98.5 Osborne 401.64 335.725 83.6 Mazvikadei 343.815 340.08 98.9 Manyuchi 309.06 296.364 …
Zimbabwe should not export surplus maize, say experts July 20, 2017By Staff Reporter Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph Made ZIMBABWE has a 900 000 tonne grain surplus from the 2016/17 season, according to a crop assessment report.Additionally, the country also had surplus yields of sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, cowpeas, groundnuts and sugarbeans during the …
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July 20, 2017 By Andrew Kunambura, Political Reporter MOZAMBICAN-registered trucks line up to offload imported maize at the Grain Marketing Board’s Murewa on Monday, July 17, 2017 – Picture by Freedom Mashava GRAIN imports into Zimbabwe have continued despite a government ban imposed five months ago and official projections of surplus production from the current …