Category: Agriculture

Zimbabwe facing ‘man-made’ starvation, UN expert warns 2019-11-28 21:30 Play Mute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 1:07 Loaded: 59.44% Quality Levels Fullscreen Families survive on one meal in drought-hit Zimbabwe In eastern Zimbabwe’s parched Buhera district, Omega Kufakunesu’s family has been forced to scale down daily meals to just a portion of vegetables and sadza, a thick maize-meal …

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Mealie meal subsidy restored . . . Prices expected to fall as President intervenes Chronicle 28/11/2019   President Mnangagwa Tendai Mugabe in KADOMA Subsidies on maize meal and rice are being restored to ensure that citizens have access to cheaper basic food stuffs and cushion them against the obtaining economic challenges, President Mnangagwa has said. …

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Govt drought proofing the economy    Sunday Mail 25/11/2019 Enacy Mapakame As Zimbabwe looks at drought proofing the agricultural sector, Government is channelling over $700 million towards irrigation development, a move that is crucial in boosting output and meeting Vision 2030 objectives. Zimbabwe has an irrigation potential of 374 000 hectares, which can help double …

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lnputs prices dampen 2019-20 agric season    Herald 27/11/2019 Michael Tome  and Panashe Chikonyora Business Reporters SOARING prices of agricultural inputs are likely to jeopardise the 2019/20 summer season, with inputs producers already signalling suppressed demand. Prices of fertilisers and seeds (soya and maize) have gone beyond the reach of many, thus reducing the capacity …

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Mealie-meal prices double  0 November 26, 2019 2:57 PM Source: Mealie-meal prices double – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY BLESSED MHLANGA THE price of mealie-meal nearly doubled yesterday after government abruptly cut off subsidies over a month than earlier proposed, in the process piling pressure on the already hard-pressed Zimbabweans.   Grain subsidies had kept a cap on the prices …

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Italy’s biggest meat processor, Cremonini to invest in Masvingo 26/11/2019 NKULUMANI MLAMBO MASVINGO-The biggest beef processor in Italy, Cremonini Group has indicated a strong desire to invest in Zimbabwe in particular Masvingo Province which boasts the biggest herd of cattle in the country at 1.3million. Cremonini Group chairman, Luigi Cremonini visited Masvingo Province this Sunday …

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ZERA increases fuel prices  0 November 25, 2019 8:53 AM Source: ZERA increases fuel prices | The Herald November 25, 2019 Ellen Chasokela Herald Reporter The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has increased the price of fuel with effect from today. ZERA said the new prices were premised on the interbank market rate and will see a litre of …

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Livestock carcasses contaminate Filabusi water  0 November 26, 2019 4:30 AM Source: Livestock carcasses contaminate Filabusi water | Newsday (News) file pic BY SILAS NKALA CARCASSES of livestock which succumbed to drought are reportedly contaminating water sources in Filabusi, Matabeleland South; and villagers now fear a possible outbreak of diseases. Villagers told Southern Eye last week that …

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Poultry feeds production declines by 30%  0 November 26, 2019 10:12 AM Source: Poultry feeds production declines by 30% | Newsday (Business) BY MTHANDAZO NYONI POULTRY feed production fell by 30% in quantity to an average of 85 044 metric tonnes (mt) in the second quarter of the year, but it performed better than other stockfeed production …

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Grain, flour imports reprieve . . . Duty, permit requirements removed    Chronicle 26/11/2019 Mr Garikai Chaunza Prosper Ndlovu/Oliver Kazunga, Business Reporters GOVERNMENT has suspended customs duty and scrapped import permits and licences for grain, maize meal and wheat flour with immediate effect to plug potential food supply gaps and counter the effects of drought …

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