Category: Agriculture

Zanu PF, Irvine’s roll out poultry projects to empower women, youths  1/12/2020   Talent Chimutambgi Herald Reporter Zanu PF Harare District Coordinating Committee (DCC) Zone 6 has partnered Irvine’s Zimbabwe Private Limited to roll out poultry projects to empower over 100 000 women and youths. The programme is expected to boost food and nutrition. Irvine’s Zimbabwe …

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Editorial Comment: We can all find land to plant trees  Herald 1/12/2020   Trees are important for ourselves, our families, our schools, our communities our country and our planet, and most of us need to think more seriously about what we should be doing right now as Zimbabwe enters the tree planting season. A national …

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Bulawayo receives record rains Chronicle 1/12/2020   Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO residents were left stranded yesterday after a record breaking 29mm was recorded in 20 minutes in the Central Business District. Due to poor drainage systems, the flash floods made it impossible for motorists to navigate their way around CBD and residents had to …

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Mthuli targets US$1bn from Cannabis Levy Herald 30/11/2020   Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter  THE Government will next year introduce a Cannabis Levy as it angles to tap into the envisaged boom in the production of the crop in the country following the decision to legalise and commercialise its farming. Cannabis production was legalised in Zimbabwe …

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Planting now in full swing Herald 30/11/2020   Farmers should not panic and those that had not finished land preparations must urgently complete that stage and wait for the first effective rains of 25mm and above to start planting Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter MANY farmers have started planting and those who have benefited from the …

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Call to promote micro-irrigation Chronicle 30/11/2020   micro-irrigation THERE is a need for a concerted effort to promote the adoption of micro-irrigation systems in the smallholder sub-sector to reduce dependence on rainfall for growing crops as well as to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) executive director, Mr Paul Zakariya, said …

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Met Dept warns of countrywide flooding Chronicle 30/11/2020   About 30 people were rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital after a Zupco bus overturned at Petro Trade filling station in Matshobana, Bulawayo yesterday. According to witnesses, the bus which was headed for the city centre swerved off the main road and overturned due to a combination …

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COMMENT: Let’s take extreme precautions against flooding and lightning strikes Chronicle 30/11/2020   WE are now in the rainy season with farmers about to plant, busy planting or having planted a week or two ago. It is encouraging that rains are falling in decent amounts in many parts of the country. We are hopeful that …

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Nutrition gardens transform lives in rural Zhombe  0  November 29, 2020 9:35 AM Source: Nutrition gardens transform lives in rural Zhombe | Sunday News (local news) Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent THE Government, in partnership with its development partners and non-governmental organisations, rolled out a programme in 2018 to establish nutrition gardens across the country in a bid …

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Farmer loses 1000 chickens to lightning  0  November 29, 2020 10:04 AM Source: Farmer loses 1000 chickens to lightning | Sunday News (local news) Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Reporter A Ntabazinduna farmer was left counting her losses when her 1 000 chickens that were due to be delivered to the market, were struck by a bolt of lightning …

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