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165 000 register to grow ‘golden leaf’ The Herald 12/12/2018 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The 2018-19 tobacco registrations have reached 165 850, a 65 percent increase from the 100 723 who registered last year. The statistics come at a time when the early planted irrigated crop now showing signs of ripening. Farmers …
Government sets new wheat producer price Minister Monica Mutsvangwa The Chronicle 12/12/2018 Tendai Mugabe, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has set the wheat producer selling price for the 2018/19 agricultural marketing season at US$630 per tonne, up from US$500, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, has said. Minister Mutsvangwa made the announcement yesterday …
New lease of life for Cashel Valley Irrigation Scheme The Herald 11/12/2018 Nyore Madzianike Manicaland Bureau VILLAGERS in districts across the country are set to benefit from various training programmes to be undertaken by the District Development Fund as part of the Government’s devolution process. The training programmes will seek to equip people …
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Heavy rains time to plant, farmers told The Herald 11/12/2018 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) yesterday said the skies should start clearing tomorrow after heavy rains and thunderstorms that were experienced in most parts of the country over the weekend. This comes as farmers have been urged to …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Farmers must spread their plantings across season The Chronicle 11/12/2018 The rainy season has started with some parts of the country receiving decent rains but others are still largely dry. Farmers in areas that have received good rains are already ploughing and planting various crops, especially maize. We are happy that …
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Matebeleland South villagers in bid to trademark amacimbi eDuzeNet 10/12/2018 VILLAGERS in Matebeleland South province have teamed to come up with policies that govern the harvest of amacimbi/amadhora from their area. Information from the province shows that the delicacy is faces a high risk of extinction in the wild due to over harvesting and deforestation. …
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Farming systems, opportunities, challenges, future insights in Zim NewsDay 10/12/2018 THE nature of farming systems in this country has been transformed over the years and continue to be modelled and re-aligned to the regional and international benchmarks in order to suit the changing climate as well as the farm mechanisation models around the …
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Arda farm exports tea to Germany The Herald 10/12/2018 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Arda-MushumbI farm has struck gold with its tea from the rosella plant, which it is exporting to Germany, a farm official Mr Aaron Jonas revealed. He added that although the farm had a variety of competing crops for export …
Chiefs to hold rain-making ceremony The Herald 10/12/2018 Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Traditional leaders in the Midlands province are expected to conduct a rain-making ceremony amid growing fears over the late start to the rainy season. The Midlands province is yet to receive any significant rains so far raising the concern of traditional …
Tourist arrivals spike at Tugwi-Mukosi The Herald 10/12/2018 George Maponga in Masvingo Tugwi-Mukosi Dam is slowly making a mark as a destination of choice by tourists with an average 30 000 visiting annually.The majority of tourists are local and the influx of visitors is helping the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) raise revenue …