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Heavy rains expected to continue 1 February 27, 2021 8:22 AM Source: Heavy rains expected to continue | The Herald Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Zimbabwe can expect another wet weekend with heavy downpours, particularly to the north of the watershed, the Meteorological Services Department advised yesterday. Farmers were advised to harvest the water to boost irrigation activities during …
Agriculture recovery in motion 0 February 28, 2021 9:28 AM Source: Agriculture recovery in motion | Sunday Mail Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling …
Desperate villagers sell cattle for cheap as disease bites 0 February 28, 2021 9:35 AM Source: Desperate villagers sell cattle for cheap as disease bites | Sunday Mail Sunday Mail Reporter SOME desperate villagers in Chiweshe are selling cattle for as low as US$50 as a result of the outbreak of Theileriosis, or January Disease, a tick-borne …
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Let’s integrate macadamia farmers in export value chain 0 March 1, 2021 2:00 AM Source: Let’s integrate macadamia farmers in export value chain | Sunday Mail (Opinion) Trade Focus Allan Majuru THE macadamia sub-sector has been growing exponentially over the past few years, with indications that it will become a significant foreign currency earner from the agricultural …
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2020 egg production reaches new high By Newsday.Co.Zw – February 26, 2021 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI TABLE egg production in the country last year reached a new high of 59,3 million dozens, surpassing the previous year’s production by 18%, according to Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) chairperson Solomon Zawe. He said fourth quarter large-scale table egg production, however, decreased …
Tobacco contractor targets US$75m sales Herald 26/2/2021 file pic Andrew Muvishi Mash East Correspondent Mashonaland East leading tobacco contracting company Voedsel is targeting to rake in US$75 million from tobacco sales. Good rains received in various parts of the country have brightened prospects of improved tobacco yields for many farmers. The Marondera-based tobacco auction …
Huge uptake for John Deere equipment facility Herald 26/2/2021 John Deere tractor Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Farmers have responded overwhelmingly to the John Deere Mechanisation facility, with 54 of the 60 tractors availed so far being taken up. President Mnangagwa last year launched the US$51 million John Deere Mechanisation facility, which is expected to …
Marking of another milestone Chronicle 26/2/2021 President Mnangagwa (left) was yesterday received by Vice-President Chiwenga, Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Cde Judith Ncube, among others ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline and the commissioning of the Epping Forest water project in Nyamandlovu Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter TODAY …
Farmers’ officers receive artificial insemination training Chronicle 26/2/2021 Cleopatra S Ncube, a veterinary extension worker, from Ward 19, in Insiza District during a cattle artificial insemination training workshop in Bulawayo recently Munya Simango AGRITEX and Department of Veterinary Services extension officers from Insiza and Matobo districts received artificial insemination training in Bulawayo recently. The …
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Century old dream comes to life Chronicle 26/2/2021 President Mnangagwa operates an excavator during a groundbreaking ceremony of the Gwayi-Shangani-Bulawayo pipeline in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North yesterday. Nduduzo Tshuma, Political Editor THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam project will be completed in December this year with the 245km pipeline that connects the dam to Bulawayo set to be …