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Zim prepares for agric turnaround by kuda bwititi | Sunday, Aug 9, 2015 | 267 views Irrigation Over 500 000 hectares of maize will be irrigated this summer cropping season, with seed and fertiliser manufacturers getting major incentives from Government. The Agriculture Rural Development Authority has lately shown flickers of life and is also expected to …
Massive $2,7m wheat, maize project in Mat South August 7, 2015 Top Stories Pamela Shumba Senior ReporterTREK Petroleum has injected more than $2, 7 million into massive wheat and maize production projects in Matabeleland South in a bid to enhance food security and nutrition in the province. The projects, which are being run in conjunction with the …
Low Prices Depress Tobacco Earnings Staff Reporter 6 Aug 2015 Zimbabwe produced 216 million kg in 2014 and 165 million kg in 2013. LOW prices dampened earnings during the 2015 tobacco marketing season, resulting in reduced revenue from sales during the year compared to the previous year.After 103 days of tobacco marketing, 194,1 million kilogrammes of …
Harare Agri Show Preps Underway Staff Reporter 6 Aug 2015 This year’s theme is: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate Change, Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate Change. THE 105th edition of the Harare Agricultural Show will be held from August 24 to 29, 2015 under the theme: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate Change, Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Managing Climate …
Fair trade: Ultimate tobacco smuggling solution August 6, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Thupeyo MuleyaFARMING is the mainstay of most families’ livelihoods especially those who grow cash crops. The government’s land reform programme at the turn of the century was a turning point for most black farmers who decided to try their luck in tobacco farming, a field …
Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme: Filabusi’s untapped potential August 6, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Sibonisiwe Khumalo, a farmer at Silalabuhwa Irrigation Scheme Prosper Ndlovu Business EditorCLIMATE change is real and its effects on global food security and nutrition cannot be wished away. Zimbabwe is already feeling the pinch as frequent droughts continue to dampen hopes for improved yields, especially …
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Adaptative strategies marred by lack of funding August 3, 2015 Business The Government projects that $9,9 million will be needed to tackle climate change and of this $5,5 billion will be needed for water and agriculture sectors Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryEconomic and social sectors will require $9,9 billion in the next five to 10 years to …
Farmers deliver maize to GMB August 3, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter—Farmers have delivered 26 950 tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board this season with the parastatal cashing out $19,3 million between January and June 2015 for the deliveries, Finance and Economic Minister Cde Patrick Chinamasa has said. Presenting the Mid -Term Fiscal Policy …
Women in agriculture want more land Posted on August 2, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M — No Comments ↓ via Women in agriculture want more land – NewsDay Zimbabwe August 1, 2015 LOCAL female farmers claims the country was bearing the brunt of its failure to consider women in the land reform exercise adding the government should urgently work out plans to ensure many of …
SME FOCUS: The rising phoenix of Kintyre by Lincoln Towindo | Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 | 1010 views Mr Zondi Njuvo ZONDI Njovu expertly manoeuvres his battered tractor through a dense overgrowth of weeds and grass, delicately avoiding the concealed hazard of underground electrical cables leading to a wooden pole where a flood light is hanging precariously. …