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Squabbles threaten Kadoma Agric Show By Newsday – July 26, 2019 BY NUNURAI JENA This year’s Kadoma agricultural show hangs in the balance due to squabbles over the state of the grounds, health concerns and insecure surroundings. Stakeholders who attended a meeting at show grounds on Tuesday, unanimously agreed that the 2016 interim committee had overstayed. The …
59% of rural population food insecure By Newsday – July 26, 2019 BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA At least 59% of the rural population will be food insecure at the peak of the consumption season, the latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZIMVAC) livelihoods report has revealed. According to the report, close to six million people in the rural areas …
Lack of supervision affects Command Agric Herald 26/7/2019 Nyasha Mapasa Manicaland Correspondent LACK of constant supervision has had a negative impact on the implementation of Government’s Command Agriculture programme in Nyanga, as some land remains underutilised. Addressing hundreds of land-seekers in Nyanga last week, Zanu-PF Central Committee member Cde Moses Gutu said most projects …
Farmers fear losing winter crop due to power cuts Wonder Chabikwa Herald 26/7/2019 Business Reporter The prevailing power cuts are threatening to cripple the 2019 winter wheat season and farmers fear losing their crop unless the electricity situation improves this month. Wheat is grown in winter with the planting traditionally starting from May 1 …
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$1 000 fine for errant tobacco farmers Tobacco Herald 26/7/2019 Chipo Katsidzira Manicaland correspondent Tobacco farmers who continue violating rules and regulations governing the production of the golden leaf now risk paying a $1 000 spot fine or losing their land, an official has said. Manicaland provincial Agritex crops and livestock officer Mrs Phillipa …
Sable Chemicals requires US$12m for raw materials Mr Bothwell Nyajeka Chronicle 26/7/2019 Michael Magoronga Midlands Bureau Sole Ammonium Nitrate (AN) manufacturer, Sable Chemicals, requires US$12 million to be able to import raw materials and produce adequate fertiliser stocks for the coming farming season. This emerged during a recent familiarisation tour of the company by …
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LATEST: Silo foods bids higher for grain Chronicle 26/7/2019 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter STATE-owned Silo Foods Industries says it will now be buying maize and small grain from farmers at $2 100 per tonne, higher than $1 400 gazetted by Government. Last month, Government announced a new producer price of maize at $1 …
Fuel hike notice a hoax: Zera Chronicle 26/7/2019 Michell Zvanyanya, Chronicle Reporter THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has dismissed as a hoax, a notice circulating on social media to the effect that fuel prices have increased to slightly above $9 per litre. Responding to emailed questions yesterday, Zera acting chief executive officer, Mr Eddington …
Zim: Sadc’s potential biggest fish producer Herald 25/7/2019 Zimbabwe is the seventh largest tilapia producer in Africa Enacy Mapakame Zimbabwe has the potential to become one of the region’s biggest fish producers with a vibrant aquaculture in the SADC region, analysts have said. Despite being landlocked, Zimbabwe holds approximately 60 percent of the dammed …
Cotton side marketing scandal exposed Herald 25/7/2019 Business Reporter The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe has recovered several bales of cotton sold to a competitor in an exercise that has exposed serious acts of side marketing in the Lowveld. The operation, jointly conducted by Cottco and the Agricultural and Marketing Authority, has resulted in huge …