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Livestock market update July 2016 July 8, 2016 Business Zimbabwe Fish Producers Association The Zimbabwe Fish Producers Association will be holding their Inaugural general meeting on Friday July 22, 2016 in the Andy Miller Hall, Exhibition Park, Harare.This event follows the successful launch event held in March. At the July 22 meeting, the association will be …
Winter maize benefits orphans July 8, 2016 Local News Sen Mahofa From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has distributed nearly 25 tonnes of grain produced under the winter maize project in the Lowveld to ease food shortages at children’s homes and orphanages across the drought-stricken Masvingo Province. More than 30 orphanages, children and old people’s homes in …
Cotton industry faces viability problems 0 Companies & Markets July 7, 2016 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Zimbabwe’s cotton productivity capacity has deteriorated to unprecedented levels ZIMBABWE’s cotton sector is experiencing viability challenges as production has declined, with the area dedicated to cotton slumping from 300 000 hectares in the 2011/2012 season to 110 …
Mafungautsi forest endangered 0 National Report July 7, 2016 By Own Correspondent Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri By Stephen Tsoroti THE quest for the elusive dollar among poverty stricken villagers living close to Mafungautsi forest, is putting the country’s teak and mahogany tree species at risk of being wiped out.Listed since 1954 as …
Maize production plunges 40 percent 0 Top Stories July 7, 2016 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Output for maize crop nose-dived by as much as 40 percent in the 2015/16 season. ZIMBABWE is headed towards one of its worst food deficits since the attainment of majority rule in 1980 amid indications that output for …
Reducing soil erosion, siltation of water bodies July 7, 2016 Business What is soil erosion? Soil erosion is one form of soil degradation. Soil erosion is a naturally occurring process on all land. Soil is the earth’s fragile skin that anchors all life on Earth. The agents of soil erosion are water and wind, each contributing …
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Farmers hail GMB early payments By ZimSitRep_M | July 5, 2016 0 Comment Source: Farmers hail GMB early payments | The Herald July 4, 2016 Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterFarmers have welcomed efforts being made by Government to ensure the Grain Marketing Board pays for deliveries within a short period and said this would promote production of maize and boost food security. A number …
Zim agric exports to EU exceed 400m Euros By ZimSitRep_M | July 4, 2016 0 Comment Source: Zim agric exports to EU exceed 400m Euros – NewZimbabwe 03/07/2016 ZIMBABWE’s agricultural products exports to the European Union (EU) markets have exceeded 400 million Euros in the last three years, with fruits and sugarcane being the highest exported products, the EU’s representative in …
Govt seeks to protect indigenous cattle July 2, 2016 Local News Deputy MInister Zhanda Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGovernment is working on improving and conserving indigenous livestock breeds through monitoring and regulating exports of genetic resources and imports of exotic animals for breeding. This was said by Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Deputy Minister responsible for livestock Cde …
Giant steps into empty bellies July 2, 2016 Opinion & Analysis Perspective Stephen MpofuWHEN the Government embarked on the land reform programme in 2000, the move gave Zimbabweans both a feeling and the reality of ownership of the single most important national asset over which gallant sons and daughters of the soil had sacrificed their precious lives …