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Trust seeks to put 500ha under winter maize 1/5/2019 The Herald George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Masvingo Development Trust is this year planning to put 500 hectares under winter maize in the Lowveld, as the organisation moves to ramp up aggregate grain output and boost income to finance various developmental projects across the province. The …
5 000 Masvingo families venture into fish farming 1/5/2019 The Herald Walter Mswazie Masvingo Bureau OVER 5 000 families here have been cushioned from effects of successive droughts after the United Nations (UN) helped them to venture into commercial fish farming and bee-keeping. In an interview on the sidelines of a tour of UN-funded …
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IDBZ to bankroll Mat South irrigation scheme 1/5/2019 Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe The Chronicle AT least 450 hectares of farm-land in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province will be opened up under a planned irrigation scheme to enhance the country’s food security while some of the produce is earmarked for the export market. Agricultural …
Don’t buy uncertified seeds, farmers told 30/4/2019 The Herald Sukoluhle Ndlovu Midlands Correspondent Farmers have been urged to desist from buying uncertified seeds which have a poor germination rate attributed to low yields, an official has said. Seed Co southern region manager Mr Charles Munyoro said farmers should not buy seed from the streets …
Arda rescues livestock producers 30/4/2019 The Herald Nesia Mhaka in Tsholotsho The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) has come to the rescue of cattle producers in Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces who are facing challenges with pastures, by drilling boreholes and providing them with hay. Speaking during a tour of ARDA Sedgwick …
Cyanide kills 14 cattle, meat on sale 304/2019 The Herald Manicaland Correspondent VILLAGERS in Mutasa are living in fear of poisoning after reports that meat from cattle suspected to have died of cyanide poisoning was being sold in the area. At least 14 cattle reportedly died recently in Mutasa in suspected case of cyanide …
Farmers bank on cotton, small grains 30/4/2019 The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZI Farmers here are banking on improved yields of cotton and small grains to salvage something this season after most of the maize crop across the Lowveld was written-off due to a prolonged dry spell. Chiredzi is one of the driest districts …
Cotton industry targets $1bn earnings annually 30/4/2019 The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga/Leonard Ncube, Business Reporters THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) plans to put a minimum of 100 000 hectares across the country under commercial cotton farming with the sector poised to generate a minimum of US$1 billion annually. Speaking during the just ended Zimbabwe International …
Cattle sales resume in Rushinga 29/4/2019 The Herald Cletus Mushanawani Mashonaland Central Bureau RUSHINGA Rural District Council has resumed its traditional cattle auctioning markets after foot and mouth disease was successfully dealt with in Rushinga, Mt Darwin and Muzarabani districts. Both Rushinga RDC chief executive Mr Paradzai Munyede and provincial Veterinary Department Services officer …
Command Agric boost for soyabeans 29/4/2019 The Herald Nesia Mhaka recently in Maphisa The Agricultural Rural Development Authority (ARDA) has hailed Government for Command Agriculture, after its Antelope Estate at Maphisa Growth Point in Kezi managed to produce over 35 000 tonnes of soyabean this season. Speaking during a tour of the estate last …