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Agricultural show a waste of time Posted on August 28, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Agricultural show a waste: farmers | The Zimbabwean by Farai Mabeza Farmers are not benefitting from the Harare Agricultural Show as non-agricultural exhibitors take precedence, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union has said. ZCFU President Wonder Chabikwa said there were too many exhibitors that were …
‘Govt must revive agriculture’ JOHN KACHEMBERE • 26 AUGUST 2013 9:04AM • 1 COMMENT SHARE THIS ARTICLE: Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareShare on emailMore Sharing Services0 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new government must prioritise agriculture if the country has hopes of reviving the economy, experts have said. Last year, the southern …
Maize Prices Unviable Tabitha Mutenga 16 Aug 2013 THE recently announced US$378 per tonne maize producer price is not enough to ensure the continued viability of the country’s grains sector, stakeholders in the agricultural industry said. Already for 2012/2013, the country is expected to produce 800 000 tonnes from an initial projection of 1,2 million metric …
Fewer exhibitors register for Harare Agricultural Show Posted on August 20, 2013 by ZimSitRep_S — No Comments ↓ via The Zimbabwean – Fewer exhibitors register for Harare Agricultural Show “We have so far registered 745 commercial and industrial exhibitors compared to last year’s 750 over the same period of time,” said Heather Madombwe, ZAS spokesperson in an interview. “In the livestock …
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Agriculture sector can still recover August 16, 2013 in Opinion FOR at least a century, until 2001, agriculture was the foundation of Zimbabwe’s economy. Column by Eric Bloch So great was the agricultural production that Zimbabwe was renowned as the region’s “breadbasket”. Not only did the nation produce enough to feed the entire population, but …
Mugabe gutted enterprise agriculture – Mawere MUTUMWA MAWERE • 23 JULY 2013 9:20PM • 3 COMMENTS SHARE THIS ARTICLE: Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareShare on emailMore Sharing Services8 HARARE – What is the true meaning of the statement “taking back the economy” which is the election campaign cry of Zanu …
Smallholders Feed a Nation as Land Reform Fails http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Misheck Rusere HARARE , Jul 23 2013 (IPS) – Moses Chiengerere is one of the Zimbabwe’s hundreds of thousands of smallholder maize farmers keeping this southern African nation’s granaries stocked with the grain. “I make it a point that anything over 24 bags (about two tonnes) goes …
Cry the Beloved Recovery – A Closer Look at the Reality Behind Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Numbers After a decade of media criticism Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Program became the subject of positivist articles from 2011 onwards, almost all of them focussed on how Zimbabwe’s new farmers are driving an extraordinary recovery of the tobacco sector. …
Chinese company to contract 80,000 Zimbabwean tobacco growers http://www.tobaccoreporter.com/ editor | July 8, 2013 The Chinese company Midriver Enterprises is expected to contract nearly 80,000 Zimbabwean farmers to produce tobacco during the 2013-2014 season, according to a story in the Zimbabwe Herald. And because some farmers have been facing financial problems, the company will offer to supply them …
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Zimbabwe misses tobacco target JOHN KACHEMBERE • 2 JULY 2013 9:42PM • 0 COMMENTS SHARE THIS ARTICLE: Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareShare on emailMore Sharing Services1 HARARE – Zimbabwe has missed the 170 million kg tobacco production target set for the industry this year as the selling season for the …