Category: Agriculture (archives)

56 percent full Bulawayo dams hold three-year supply February 6, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Ms Bongiwe Ngwenya Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle CorrespondentTHE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has projected that the city’s dams now have water that will last for about three years. Recent statistics show that the city’s dams are 56 percent full. Responding to The Chronicle’s emailed questions, …

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Furore over new meat tax February 5, 2017 in Local, News Consumers’ rights organisations and economists have slammed the recent introduction of a 15% value added tax (VAT) on meat and cereals, saying the move worsened Zimbabweans’ already desperate situation. BY CHARLES LAITON/KENNEDY NYAVAYA The new tax regime saw the price of meat shooting up to a minimum …

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Owners of private dams should comply with the law February 3, 2017 Business The country has received quite a lot of rains since the beginning of the 2016 /17 rainy season. The rains have ranged from normal to largely above normal with more rains expected to fall, according to forecasts.As a result of the rains, a good …

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1,2m hectares put under maize February 3, 2017 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterFarmers have put 1,2 million hectares under maize this season, representing a 61 percent increase from last season’s 773 968 hectares that were put under the crop. The increase in the area put under maize has been attributed to Command Agriculture …

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Landslide, impassable bridges as heavy rains pound Matabeleland South February 3, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Flooding on the Causeway Bridge in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, has cut off the connection between Ntepe and Ntalale villages for the past two weeks. — (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) Chronicle ReportersFLOODS continue to wreak havoc in Matabeleland region and the Midlands …

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New varieties required to offset climate change effects Companies & Markets February 2, 2017By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Mexican maize varieties. A COMBINATION of rising temperatures, low and high rainfall patterns associated with climate change, land degradation and socio-economic stressors are likely to heighten the vulnerability of crop production systems in Zimbabwe.Climate change has …

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132 perish in floods since December February 2, 2017 in National, News POLICE have expressed concern over the increase in cases of drowning amid reports that 132 people have perished over the past two months, as the country continues to receive excessive rains. BY XOLISANI NCUBE/OWN CORRESPONDENT Police spokesperson, Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba, yesterday said drowning deaths …

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Fall armyworm: Nightmare for farmers February 2, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter —The fall armyworm, a foreign pest, has wrecked havoc in farming areas, attacking the maize crop at different stages of growth countrywide. The pest has become a nightmare for most farmers as they do not have adequate knowledge of it. …

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Informal markets help strengthen agric ecosystem February 2, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Charles Dhewa —Placing the market at the centre of agricultural initiatives enables actors to contribute ideas and solutions that lead to measurable progress. The majority of farming communities in Zimbabwe are no longer fully in charge of their agricultural intent, purpose, direction, values …

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EDITORIAL COMMENT February 2, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Cotton Govt intervention boosts cotton output THE national cotton crop is expected to register substantial growth this year from 30 million kilogrammes produced last year, the lowest output since 1992, to over 100 million kg.This growth is largely attributed to Government’s support programme that has seen cotton …

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