El Niño Set to Have a Devastating Impact on Southern Africa’s Harvests and Food Security
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Farmers should obtain abstraction agreements
Farmers should obtain abstraction agreements February 26, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis Zimbabwe has enormous potential, not only to feed itself and eliminate hunger, poverty and food insecurity, but also to regain its position as the bread basket of the Southern African region.However, due to a combination of factors, most importantly inadequate rainfall, agricultural output has …
ZimTrade engages banana producers
ZimTrade engages banana producers February 26, 2016 Business Banana plantation Business Reporter ZimTrade will today conduct an export awareness training to over 20 banana producers in Honde Valley. The training aims to develop and enhance export skills of banana producers as well as inculcate a culture of formal and organised export trade.ZimTrade will also utilise this opportunity …
Tobacco grading: Don’t mix different leaf styles
Tobacco grading: Don’t mix different leaf styles February 25, 2016 Business There are a number of factors which buyers take into account when buying tobacco which include chemical composition, smoking characteristics, flavour and aroma, cutting quality, filling value and moisture content of the tobacco. It is important that leaves from different plant positions, that is primings, lugs, cutters, …
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Bulilima crops a write off
Agriculture: Bulilima crops a write off February 25, 2016 Business Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree CorrespondentABOUT 80 percent of maize crop that was planted in Bulilima District this farming season is a write off and even small grains have been affected. According to a drought relief committee report released recently 163 livestock deaths had been recorded in the …
Tobacco hectarage drops 14percent
Tobacco hectarage drops 14percent February 25, 2016 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE area put under tobacco has dropped by about 14 percent to 92,160 hectares this season due to the late rainfall the country has received. Latest statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show that during the same period last year, 107,546 …
Patchy rains to continue
Patchy rains to continue February 24, 2016 Local News Elita ChikwatiHarare BureauRAINS are expected to continue across the country although heavy falls will be localised, the Meteorological Services Department has said.MSD senior forecaster, Tich Zinyemba, yesterday said the department was also carrying out cloud seeding to aid rainfall.“We last carried out cloud seeding on February 14 …
MAIZE TRAIN DERAILS . . . Villagers try to loot grain . . . Train was bound for Byo
MAIZE TRAIN DERAILS . . . Villagers try to loot grain . . . Train was bound for Byo February 25, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories The NRZ goods train which derailed near Hwange yesterday (pictures by Innocent Moyo) Nqobile Tshili Chronicle CorrespondentA NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe’s (NRZ) goods train transporting maize from Zambia to Bulawayo derailed yesterday near …
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Water shortages worry government
Water shortages worry government Posted by Tabitha Mutenga 0 Companies & Markets February 22, 2016 The decline in dam levels will result in residents facing prolonged water shortages AS the strongest El Nino induced drought continues to develop, the country’s dam levels remain at 51 percent.An assessment of the country’s major resevoirs shows that dams are …
Skepticism over future of cotton farming
Skepticism over future of cotton farming Posted by Own Correspondent 0 Companies & Markets February 25, 2016 The cotton industry used to be one of the most vibrant in the country. In the 1990s, there were more than 350 000 farmers in the sector, growing as much as 353 000 tonnes annually. Farai Mabeza GODFREY Zambuko, …