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200 million kg tobacco sales mark attainable’ July 23, 2015 Business Business ReporterTobacco deliveries for this year could top the 200 million kilogramme mark despite earlier fears that there will be a marked decline in deliveries due to erratic rainfall. An initial target of 222 million kg had been set before it was revised to between 185 …
The future is greener with irrigation July 23, 2015 Business Tapuwa Mashangwa Agriculture columnIN agriculture it is paramount to comprehend that nothing should ever be taken for granted regardless of how trivial it may seem. Many farming setups and projects have failed all because the manager or those responsible took for granted or overlooked obligatory and paramount requisites …
Mberengwa’s water wars July 23, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis The 39 000 megalitre Mundi-Mataga Dam (centre) has been a centre of conflict in Mberengwa District in the Midlands Province. Mrs Lorraine Moyo (left) prepares her plot with husband Daniel Mutombeni while brothers Jeremiah and Largay Dziva plant an early maize seed (right) at Biri 2 …
Foot and Mouth outbreak spoils Midlands Show We won’t be having any cattle for display this year due to the foot and mouth disease that hit the province The Veterinary Services Department has banned the exhibition of cattle at this year’s edition of the Midlands Agricultural Show in an effort to contain the spread …
Cotton merchants introduce centralised buying system July 22, 2015 Business Martin Kadzere Harare BureauCOTTON merchants have introduced a centralised cotton buying system, a move which has been described by farmers as an attempt to “promote monopolistic tendencies.” The new system is meant to curb side marketing, which had become rampant in the industry. The Cotton Ginners’ Association, which represents the …
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Why do we keep on hearing about the California drought, when it’s the Colorado River that we’re “killing” ? Pretty much every state west of the Rockies has been facing a water shortage of one kind or another in recent years. California’s is a severe, but relatively short-term, drought. But the Colorado River basin — …
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Climate change spawning disasters July 21, 2015 FOR many decades, climate was seen as constant and even the science shows that it was constant because first rains fell between October 15 and 18 every year in Zimbabwe, with local farmers arranging their planting calendars in line with the seasons. BY ROPAFADZO MAPIMHIDZE But over the …
July 20, 2015 Local News Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauTHE Grain Marketing Board needs about $3 million to repair Lions’ Den depot silos, plant and equipment which are not functioning due to old age, a depot report has revealed. Lions’ Den silos have 29 silo bins, making them the second largest in Africa after Egypt and …
Cotton beneficiation is the answer — Minister Made July 20, 2015 Business Minister Joseph Made Business EditorZIMBABWE needs to invest in cotton beneficiation to increase earnings from the crop and promote its production by farmers, a Cabinet Minister has said. With a majority of farmers losing interest in cotton growing due to poor pricing and alleged manipulation …
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Dairy farmers elect chairman July 20, 2015 Business Business ReporterEMANUEL Zimbandu from Gweru has been elected new chairman for the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF). Zimbandu, 62, who has served the organisation as vice chairman for two years, landed the post during last week’s annual general meeting in Bulawayo. He will be deputised by John Stanger.“It’s difficult …