Category: Agriculture (archives)

Zanu PF supporters fume over Mugabe inputs scheme http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 26 February 2011 19:10 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE SENIOR Zanu PF officials are allegedly looting farming inputs distributed under President Robert Mugabe’s US$33 million inputs scheme while giving poor urban farmers fertiliser and maize seed in lunch boxes. The scheme, which the Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development …

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China drives Zim tobacco recovery http://www.zimonline.co.za by Tobias Manyuchi     Thursday 24 February 2011 HARARE – Cash-rich Chinese merchants will snap up nearly half of Zimbabwe’s 2011 tobacco crop helping to drive up prices, while breaking the stranglehold of mostly European buyers accused of keeping prices down in past years, Harare tobacco authorities said. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board …

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Statement by the Minister of Energy and Power Development Hon E. S. Mangoma Harare, Chaminuka Building, 24 February 2011 “Transparency and Accountability for Service Delivery”1. Energy is an important enabler for economic development apart from it being a symbol of civilization. 2. The electricity supply in this country is less than demand leading to load …

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SADC famine warning system predicts bumper harvest in most of region http://www.apanews.net/ APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Food Security Early Warning System, Agromet Update, published on Monday that most of the region should expect better yields than achieved last year but warned of localised crop failures in countries where planting was affected …

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Tobacco leads agriculture revival http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 20 February 2011 15:29 BY KUDZAI CHIMHANGWA THE adoption of multiple currencies and above average rainfall will spur rapid growth of the agriculture sector this year, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has said.ZCFU’s upbeat outlook followed predictions that tobacco output would increase by at least 40% during the …

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Zimbabwe Tobacco Selling Season Opens With Strong Output, Firm Prices http://www.voanews.com/ Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board executives said at least 60 percent of the crop will be sold under contract with the remainder going on the block in auction sales Gibbs Dube | Washington  17 February 2011 Zimbabwe’s 2011 tobacco-selling season has started in Harare …

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Zimbabwe tobacco crop to leap with Chinese funding http://af.reuters.com Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:56pm GMT * Farmers receive more funding * Chinese firms now buying most of the tobacco By Alfonce Mbizwo HARARE, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s tobacco output will increase at least 40 percent this year after a boost in funding to farmers …

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Zim expects higher tobacco output http://www.zimonline.co.za by Tobias Manyuchi     Tuesday 15 February 2011 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tobacco selling season opens tomorrow with more than 170 million kilogrammes expected to be sold this year up from 123 million kilogrammes sold last year, in yet another sign of recovery in the farming sector after a decade of …

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Zim Agriculture Minister Invites Soldiers To Work On Farms http://www.radiovop.com 15/02/2011 13:05:00 Harare, February 15, 2011 – Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister, Joseph Made on Monday said the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) must be involved in providing workforce in the farms across the country due to labour shortage because of poor working conditions and remuneration. Zimbabwe’s agriculture …

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Mujuru drawn into fight for Boka floors http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 13 February 2011 16:52 BY KUDZAI CHIMHANGWA THE fight for the control of Boka Tobacco Auction Floors between the late tycoon’s family and the Zimbabwe Industry Tobacco Association Centre (Zitac) has drawn in Vice-President Joice Mujuru, who has been asked to intervene. Zitac, which is fighting …

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