Category: Agriculture

Germany’s ‘traffic light coalition’ could signal ‘sustainable industrial revolution’ POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® NOVEMBER 4, 2021 Germany’s Federal Association for Sustainability (BVNG) has called for a “sustainable industrial evolution” that fully exploits hemp, and is urging agreement among parties now forming the new government to adopt policies toward that end. A key recommendation from the BVNG would raise …

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EU-funded goat initiative to diversify agric sector   The centre will offer a variety of services such as breed improvement, dipping, veterinary drug deals, sale of grain seeds and accumulation of bulk slaughter stock among others The Herald 4/11/2021 Panashe Nyamudeza and Jennifer Mufamba The European Union (EU) funded Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading …

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Ivory Coast to triple cashew production   Ivory Coast produced a record 1million tonnes of cashew last year and now aims to triple that The Herald 4/11/2021 Top cashew producer Ivory Coast is to open three new processing plants with the aim of tripling its output of shelled nuts by next year, its Cotton-Cashew Council …

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Area under irrigated tobacco up 50pc The Herald 4/11/2021 Martin Kadzere THE area of tobacco under irrigation increased by 50 percent this year, spurred by good rains received last season, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) said. In Zimbabwe, tobacco is grown under irrigation (September planting) or as dry land that is rain fed …

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AMA urges horticulture buyers to register   The Herald 4/11/2021 Sandra Maziwisa Business Reporter The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) says all companies and individuals intending to buy horticultural products next should first register with the authority. The categories of institutions or individuals that are required to register are commercial traders and wholesalers, small to medium …

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In zim some patches of land need ‘healing’ in terms of replacing trees destroyed by humans The Chronicle 4/11/2021 Mahlabezulu Zulu IN our country, and in certain communities we have realised that some patches of land need ‘‘healing’’ in terms of replacing the trees which were destroyed either by us; human beings due to over-harvesting …

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Restoring wetlands can help combat climate change – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 2/11/2021 Jane Madgwick DRAIN the swamp! It is an old cry. Swamps are bad lands where malaria breeds, mists settle, tracks disappear, criminals lurk and bad things happen. Bog or mire, morass or swamp, even their names give wetlands a bad reputation. Unlike …

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Seed Co launches employee farming input scheme The Herald 3/11/2021 Panashe Nyamudeza Business Correspondent Seed Co Limited has launched an employee farming input scheme which it believes brings about an opportunity for internal corporate social responsibility and investment. Through the scheme, employers are encouraged to procure crop seeds for their employees either as a Christmas …

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Value addition plants key to rural development The Herald 3/11/2021 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor For a long time value addition has been part of Zimbabwe’s development language, embedded in major economic blue print and both short and long term goals. But slow action and implementation emptied the true meaning of value addition …

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Cottco pays farmers $3,1bn for 2021 marketing season The Herald 3/11/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Cottco has so far paid farmers $3,1 billion for this year’s deliveries with the additional subsidy payments now starting to go out. While most farmers have been paid in full for last year’s crop, the company still needs cotton growers …

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