Category: Agriculture

Southern region to receive normal rainfall: Met Dept By Newsday – September 26, 2019 BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE MATABELELAND region will experience normal to below normal rainfall in the first and second period of the rainy season, the Meteorological Department said yesterday. Climate change has resulted in weather extremes, characterised by lengthy drought spells, which have affected most …

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Mash West steps up preps for agric season    Herald 26/9/2019 Sharon Chikowore Mashonaland West Bureau Farmers here have stepped up preparations for the 2019-2020 agricultural season as the province seeks to surpass previous production levels and maintain its dominance in agricultural production. According to a crop and livestock assessment report released recently, Mashonaland West …

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Demand for potatoes up  Herald 26/9/2019   Charmaine Brown Herald Reporter THERE has been a surge in demand for potatoes at Mbare Musika largely attributed to increases in bread and mealie-meal prices. The current prices of bread vary depending with the mode of payment in some shops, but ranges from $7 cash in tuckshops and …

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Cottco seeks tax relief Herald 26/9/2019   Ellen Chasokela Herald Reporter The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe Limited (Cottco) has appealed to Government to be exempted from other taxes as they are    constraining the company. This came out recently when the company’s managing director Mr Pious Manamike appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, …

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Government registers over 240 fishing cooperatives   Herald 26/9/2019  From George Maponga in Masvingo Government has registered over 240 fishing cooperatives here as it seeks to leverage on the province’s high dam density to improve household disposable incomes and grow the economy in line with President Mnangagwa’s vision to make Zimbabwe an upper-middle income economy …

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Govt tightens wheat subsidy facility    Herald 26/9/2019 Columbus Mabika Herald Reporter Government has tightened monitoring mechanisms on subsidised bread-making flour to millers and bakers to avoid unjustified bread price increases and shortages, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) said yesterday. The development comes after several reports of bakers abusing the subsidised commodity by …

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Demand for macadamia nuts to grow By Newsday – September 25, 2019 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI THE demand for macadamia nuts is expected to grow significantly in the near future, driven by changes in consumption patterns, hence a lucrative opportunity for local producers to grow their exports, ZimTrade has said. Macadamia nuts are edible seeds of the evergreen …

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No livestock exhibition at Masvingo agric show Chronicle 25/9/2019   Minister Ezra Chadzamira Walter Mswazie in Masvingo THERE will be no cattle exhibition at the 2019 Masvingo Provincial Agricultural Show, which begins here tomorrow, due to incidents of the foot and mouth disease. Masvingo Show Society president, Mr Phillip Mauta, said the stage was ready …

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Climate information services vital for sustainable planning By Newsday – September 23, 2019 Guest Column: Peter Makwanya UP-TO-DATE and regular climate information services are vital to citizens in many aspects. Farmers, tourists, travellers, businesses, sportspersons, fishermen, vulnerable groups and general citizens require context specific information on the weather and climate so that they are able to manage …

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Ecosystem destroyers deserve punitive sentences: MPs By Newsday – September 24, 2019 BY LISA TAZVIINGA MANICALAND legislators have called on residents to desist from deliberately starting veld fires and cutting down trees, which they said were destroying the ecosystem. Speaking at an engagement meeting for women in horticulture organised by African Women’s Initiative in Developing Economies at …

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