Category: Agriculture

Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco marketing season commences with high hopes  0  April 10, 2021 11:29 AM Source: Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco marketing season commences with high hopes – Xinhua | English.news.cn Traders inspect bales of tobacco in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, April 7, 2021. Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco marketing season opened on Wednesday with hopes that the country will surpass last …

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Breakfast programme taken to Dete  0  April 10, 2021 11:52 AM Source: Breakfast programme taken to Dete | Herald (Top Stories) Boys being taught how to milk a cow during a Nhanga/gota/ixiba session at Chief Nekatambe’s homestead in Dete. Tendai Rupapa ROMAN Catholic Church-run Dete Old People’s Home in Matabeleland North Province yesterday became the second such …

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Rampant sand poaching scars Harare, Chitown  0  April 10, 2021 12:10 PM Source: Rampant sand poaching scars Harare, Chitown | Herald (Top Stories) Sand poaching is now a menace in areas around Harare. This picture shows trucks being loaded with sand for sale to people building homes. Daniel Nemukuyu and Victor Maphosa Extensive sand poaching in Harare …

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Agric modernisation a game-changer  0  April 11, 2021 12:15 PM Source: Agric modernisation a game-changer | Sunday Mail (Business) Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Business Reporter  Fast-paced digitisation has changed the dynamics of numerous businesses and economic sectors, but the adoption of new technology can also be game-changer for humankind’s oldest economic activity — agriculture. The Food and Agriculture …

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Let tobacco marketing season roll. . . more to gain from improving exports quantity, quality  0  April 11, 2021 1:00 PM Source: Let tobacco marketing season roll. . . more to gain from improving exports quantity, quality | The Sunday Mail Zimbabwe, which ranks among the world’s largest producers of the “golden leaf”, has a dual marketing system …

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Lumpy skin ravages Matabeleland livestock  0  April 11, 2021 1:35 PM Source: Lumpy skin ravages Matabeleland livestock | Sunday News (Business) Judith Phiri, Farming Reporter WIDESPREAD cases of the lumpy skin disease have been reported in Matabeleland South and North provinces which has resulted in the death of livestock especially cattle. Lumpy skin is a viral disease …

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Couple becomes Hwange fodder growing pioneers  0  April 11, 2021 1:42 PM Source: Couple becomes Hwange fodder growing pioneers | Sunday News (Business) Leonard Ncube ,Victoria Falls Reporter A couple in Jambezi outside Victoria Falls City has become pioneers of fodder growing in Hwange District after growing banner grass, velvet beans, sun hemp and forage sorghum. Mr …

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Repairing market access infrastructure important for livestock farmers  0  April 12, 2021 2:03 AM Source: Repairing market access infrastructure important for livestock farmers | Sunday News (Business) ONE conspicuous damage done by excessive rains received this year is on our rural roads. Most rural roads which are by nature mostly gravel roads were either completely washed away …

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‘Impose stiffer penalties for people who cause veld fires’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe 4/9/2021 BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Senators have called for stiffer penalties on people who deliberately start veld fires. They made the call after the presentation of a report by the Thematic Committee on Sustainable Development Goals on Veld Fire Management. The legislators also urged …

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