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Response Strategy for Food Insecurity in Zimbabwe 2012/2013   http://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/response-strategy-food-insecurity-zimbabwe-20122013     — World Food Programme Download PDF (840.48 KB) Executive Summary The food security situation is deteriorating in Zimbabwe. Late and erratic rains, poor agricultural practices, constrained access to inputs, and a reduction in planted area have all contributed to reducing the national cereal …

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Angry ethanol plant workers rough-up Mangoma http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 27/08/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter IRATE villagers, workers and local war veterans threatened to beat up Energy Minister Elton Mangoma Sunday blaming him for the closure of the US$600 million ethanol plant at Chisumbanje which has left thousands of workers at risk of losing their jobs. Mangoma was part of a cabinet …

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Harare show attendance falls by 40 percent http://www.herald.co.zw/ Monday, 27 August 2012 00:00Herald ReporterAttendance at the 102nd Harare Agricultural Show declined by 40 percent from last year with about 100 000 people passing through the gates during the show period. While many parents were more reluctant to take families after the disappearance and suspected murder of a child …

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The Impact of the Drought in the United States Eddie CrossHarare 21st August 2012 The US generates about a quarter of global GDP and about the same volume of basic foods. However, it is the largest producer of food surpluses and perhaps as much as half of all the basic foods traded emanate from the USA. Under these …

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Mutambara leads Ethanol plant rescue bid http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 21/08/2012 00:00:00by Business Reporter DEPUTY Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara is now leading a new cabinet effort to rescue the US$600 million Green Fuel project which teeters on the brink of collapse after struggling to secure government backing. The company, once touted as a solution to the country’s fuel supply problems, ceased …

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‘Illegal logging costs Zim millions of dollars’ http://www.thestandard.co.zw August 20, 2012 in Environment By Tonderayi MatonhoZIMBABWE is losing several millions of dollars annually through illegal logging, a senior official with the Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe (FCZ) has said.Bernard Chiparange, a senior manager with FCZ, said some of the plundered timber — mostly hardwood, was being sold in neighbouring …

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Harare Agric Show kicks-off http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Monday, 20 August 2012 13:49 Farming ReporterTHE biggest show on the country’s calendar opens its gates today for the 102nd edition of the Harare Agricultural Show, with an improved security system to monitor all criminal activities within the show grounds. The Closed-Circuit Tel-evision (CCTV), which will be operating during this year’s Harare Agricul-tural …

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Cattle dying in numbers in Matabeleland http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ August 20, 2012 in Local NQOBANI NDLOVU BULAWAYO — Scores of cattle are dying every week in Matabeleland, a region dependent on livestock farming, owing to lack of pasture and water caused by the poor rains last season.Matabeleland South is the hardest hit with worst affected districts being Gwanda, Kezi, Mangwe …

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Zim agriculture in darkness http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:48 . . . yet vast opportunities beckon Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter IT is one of the world’s fastest growing agro-businesses that developed from zero in 1990 to a US$55 billion industry in 2009.It has the potential of cutting by half Zimbabwe’s fertiliser use and energy bill. It …

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No pasture for cattle   http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk     Farmers have been left with no choice but to buy grass and animal feed for their cattle as pasture for livestock has been wiped out by the drought. 15.08.1208:13am by Stephen Tsoroti Cattle farmers cannot afford to keep their livestock alive. “I bought two bales of grass …

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