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Mat South food situation worsens March 12, 2016 Local News Richard Muponde, Gwanda CorrespondentMORE than 33,000 households need food aid in Matabeleland South to cushion them from the effects of the drought. The number of vulnerable households in the province jumped from 20,345 before the drought was declared a national disaster by the government two months …
Mnangagwa calls for intensive irrigation March 12, 2016 Local News Felex Share in Zhombe—ZIMBABWE will stop importing grain in the next two years if communities fully utilise water bodies surrounding them and maximise the use of agricultural equipment being sourced by the government, Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. He said no-one would starve this year as …
Editorial Comment: Be wary of mushroom poisoning March 14, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis DRIVING along major highways in Zimbabwe, one encounters a number of roadside vendors selling mushroom to passing motorists. A famed delicacy, mushroom is also very dangerous as it needs a discerning eye to distinguish poisonous species from edible ones, and even the …
Poor handling contributes to food loss: FAO March 14, 2016 Business Business ReporterMore than a quarter of food produced by farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is lost due to poor methods of post harvest handling. According to Food and Agriculture Organisation 40 percent is lost in cereals, 40-50 percent in root crops, 27 percent in fruit and …
Horticultural imports cripple local farmers March 12, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGOVERNMENT has been urged to be consistent in its policies on the importation of horticultural crops, as local supermarkets continue to sell imported produce at the expense of local farmers. The call was made by Mutasa South House of Assembly member Cde Irene Zindi. Cde Zindi …
Tobacco growers to benefit from levy March 14, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterTOBACCO growers are expected to start accessing the $7 million levy that was collected by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board last season. The 1,5 percent tobacco levy which had been scrapped in 2005, to encourage farmers to grow the crop was re-introduced …
‘Constitution will guide land compensation’ MABASA SASA 1 DAY AGO Mabasa SasaThere has been no policy shift by Government on the matter of compensation relating to land acquired under the Land Reform Programme, contrary to media reports last week, a Cabinet minister has said. There have been reports that Finance Minister had changed goalposts and …
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Govt hailed for setting up land compensation fund March 11, 2016 in National, News OPPOSITION parties and analysts have hailed government’s move to set up a land compensation fund for over 4 000 white former commercial farmers who lost their land during the fast-track land reform programme. BY Everson Mushava The parties told NewsDay in separate interviews …
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Agriculture: A lot needs to be addressed March 11, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis, Mr speaker sir It is no longer viable to rely on rain-fed agriculture in this era of climate change and its devastating effects Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir The fact that the serious effects of climate change coincided with the land redistribution exercise have …