Agricultural diversification: Let’s stop farming same things

Agricultural diversification: Let’s stop farming same things May 7, 2015 Business Agriculture Column Tapuwa MashangwaWHEN one talks about agriculture, the recipient of the information usually imagines a big farm with irrigation equipment watering maize, tobacco or wheat. If it is not that then some cattle, poultry and pigs being reared on a large scale. There is …

Govt pays out $5,5m for wheat deliveries

Govt pays out $5,5m for wheat deliveries May 6, 2015 Local News Cde Made Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGovernment has paid $5,5 million to farmers for wheat delivered to the Grain Marketing Board last year to boost preparations for this winter cropping season, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made has said.Minister Made yesterday said …

Mnangagwa decries GMB rot

Mnangagwa decries GMB rot   VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday took the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) management to task over its failure to pay farmers for grain deliveries despite receiving money for strategic grain reserves from Treasury each year. BY BATANAI MUTASA/NQOBILE BHEBHE Addressing the business conference on the sidelines of the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade …

Farmers’ water, power tariffs to be reviewed

Farmers’ water, power tariffs to be reviewed April 7, 2015 Business Lovemore Zigara Midlands CorrespondentAN inter-ministerial taskforce will soon be set up to review water and power tariffs to farmers in order to enhance increased productivity, a senior official has said. This follows complaints by farmers that tariffs being charged by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) …

Cabinet approves Joint Venture Bill

Cabinet approves Joint Venture Bill March 26, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories • Move tailored to promote investment • Partnership projects to be monitored Herald ReportersCabinet has approved a Joint Venture Bill to stimulate growth, unlock value in the economy and to support major projects, especially infrastructure development in various sectors. The Bill, which is a major boost …

Tetrad Bank holds creditors meeting

Tetrad Bank holds creditors meeting March 9, 2015 Business Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter will this week hold its first meeting with creditors and members in Harare and Bulawayo since it was placed under provisional liquidation last year. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the merchant bank from taking deposits and issuing loans until the troubled institution …