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Horticulture set to anchor economic revival – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/10/2018 ZIMBABWE’s economic revival hinges on many sectors and horticulture is one of them, an expert has said. BY RICHARD CHIDZA Horticulture expert Archibald Gumiro, who runs a consultancy firm Oaklands, which is seeking to create markets in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom, last …
Commission embarks on national fruit-tree growing programme The Herald 15/10/2018 Lifestyle Writer Zimbabwe continues to experience droughts caused by climate change and variability which has impacted on food and nutrition security especially for the local communities who lack alternative sources of food. Forestry as a practice falls under the Food Security and Nutrition …
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Moringa now a cash crop The Herald 15/10/2018 Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau The Moringa tree has become a cash crop for the Nyambudzi community in Ward 10, Mbire, where 21 disadvantaged women and men are earning a living from a nutritional garden. Mbire District falls in the dry ecological region in Mashonaland Central …
Chiredzi man fined two goats for burning 20ha forest . . . fire now key part of climate problem The Herald Climate Story Jeffrey Gogo A headman in Chiredzi slapped Prosper Manyengeni with a fine of two goats after starting a veld fire that blazed through 20 hectares of parched grasslands, decimating pastures and sparse …
‘Zimbabwe now food secure’ The Chronicle 15/10/2018 Elita Chikwati , Harare Bureau Zimbabwe will not import maize as it has become food secure, with farmers having so far delivered 1,1 million tonnes to the Grain Marketing Board for the 2018 marketing season, thanks to the successful Command Agriculture. GMB officials said they expected …
Zimbabwe to miss milk output target – The Financial Gazette Ndakaziva Majaka, Markets Editor 11/10/2018 Dairibord Holdings, chief executive, Anthony Mandiwanza ZIMBABWE is likely to miss its 70 million litres milk production target for 2018 following a nine percent slump in output in the first quarter, an industry insider has said.Anthony Mandiwanza, the chief executive …
Sable misses H1 target, warns of fertiliser shortages – The Financial Gazette Ndakaziva Majaka, Markets Editor 11/10/2018 Bothwell Nyajeka, Sables Chemicals chief executive. ZIMBABWE’S sole ammonium nitrate (AN) fertiliser manufacturer, Sable Chemicals (Sable), says it missed its first half production target by 52 percent after producing 34 000 tonnes against an expected 65 000 tonnes …
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NatFoods profit margins hit by inflation – The Financial Gazette Omega Ukama, Staff Reporter 11/10/2018 Stock feed prices declined by 5,3 percent. NATIONAL Foods Holdings (NatFoods) says its profit margins suffered after it failed to raise prices in line with inflation developments in Zimbabwe.In the face of considerable inflation developments in the country over the …
Innscor counts avian flu losses – The Financial Gazette Omega Ukama, Staff Reporter 11/10/2018 Avian Influenza affected 813 000 breeding stock and backyard chickens in South Africa. INNSCOR Africa (Innscor) says volumes at Irvine’s were severely impacted by the effects of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (avian flu) epidemic which occurred at the end of …
Zim receives 3 000 tonnes wheat consignment – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/10/2018 ZIMBABWE yesterday took delivery of 3 000 tonnes of wheat, averting possible bread shortages, but millers warned that this was not enough to meet demand. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA The delivery is part of the 30 000 tonnes consignment paid for by the central …