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Cotton prices continue plummeting March 16, 2016 Business Business Reporter The year 2016 is likely going to be the worst cotton marketing season since the global financial crisis in 2008 in light of the subdued global prices of cotton lint.The cotton Number 2 contract is currently trading at 57,42c per pound of lint on the New …
GMO seed varieties: Food security or enviromental threat? March 16, 2016 Opinion & Analysis Genetically engineered fresh produce Nicholas Pythagoras NdlovuThe recent food crisis in Zimbabwe undermines our nation’s economic development priorities. While the crisis can be easily attributed to the climate change scenario of our times, it still remains that the issue facing Zimbabwe demands …
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Arda estates expect bumper maize harvests March 16, 2016 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda) expects to harvest about 13,750 tonnes of maize from its Antelope and Ingwizi irrigation schemes in Matabeleland South province. Production at the two estates is run on a joint venture arrangement between Arda and Trek Petroleum …
High water, electricity tariffs crippling irrigation March 15, 2016 Business Richard Muponde Gwanda CorrespondentHIGH water and electricity tariffs are frustrating irrigation projects in Gwanda thereby compromising food security efforts in the drought-prone district, an Agritex report has said. The report indicates Gwanda three irrigation schemes – Mankonkoni, Rustler’s Gorge and Guyu — are struggling because of high …
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777 homeless after floods March 15, 2016 Local News Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge BureauA TOTAL of 777 people have been left homeless after flash floods hit Beitbridge town on Friday night. A majority of the flood victims slept on rooftops after the flash floods filled their houses with water up to waist level. Vagrants and beggars who stay along …
Mat South food situation worsens March 12, 2016 Local News Richard Muponde, Gwanda CorrespondentMORE than 33,000 households need food aid in Matabeleland South to cushion them from the effects of the drought. The number of vulnerable households in the province jumped from 20,345 before the drought was declared a national disaster by the government two months …
Mnangagwa calls for intensive irrigation March 12, 2016 Local News Felex Share in Zhombe—ZIMBABWE will stop importing grain in the next two years if communities fully utilise water bodies surrounding them and maximise the use of agricultural equipment being sourced by the government, Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. He said no-one would starve this year as …
Editorial Comment: Be wary of mushroom poisoning March 14, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis DRIVING along major highways in Zimbabwe, one encounters a number of roadside vendors selling mushroom to passing motorists. A famed delicacy, mushroom is also very dangerous as it needs a discerning eye to distinguish poisonous species from edible ones, and even the …
Poor handling contributes to food loss: FAO March 14, 2016 Business Business ReporterMore than a quarter of food produced by farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is lost due to poor methods of post harvest handling. According to Food and Agriculture Organisation 40 percent is lost in cereals, 40-50 percent in root crops, 27 percent in fruit and …
Horticultural imports cripple local farmers March 12, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGOVERNMENT has been urged to be consistent in its policies on the importation of horticultural crops, as local supermarkets continue to sell imported produce at the expense of local farmers. The call was made by Mutasa South House of Assembly member Cde Irene Zindi. Cde Zindi …