Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Organisation targets planting 6 000 trees in Mat South GREEN Action Trust is targeting to plant more than 6 000 trees in Matabeleland South between now and January 2016, as part of efforts to reduce the effects of deforestation, which is destroying the environment in the province, Southern Eye has learnt. MTHANDAZO NYONI Co-ordinator of …
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EDITORIAL/Save Our Wildlife 22 Oct 2015 AMONGST the key strengths that make Zimbabwe an attractive destination are its vast natural resources that place it among countries with possibly the greatest potential to be among the richest nations in the world.Wildlife counts among these vast endowments that Zimbabwe has in abundance.The country boasts of a huge …
PC Says Kariba And Hwange Exceeded Productions Target In Q3 22 Oct 2015 Hwange Power Station THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has said it surpassed its energy production target for the third quarter by 1. 1 8 percent, despite reduced generation capacity at Kariba Power Station. Zimbabwe generates its power from the Hwange Thermal Power …
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Maximising Soyabean Seed Yield Potential Through Variety Selection Staff Reporter 22 Oct 2015 The soyabean varieties are the end result of long-term scientific breeding and testing. INCREASED productivity of soyabean is needed to meet domestic and global demands as well as to maintain the competitiveness of the soybean crop. One of the reasons impacting negatively on …
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Matabeleland Braces For Another Dry Spell Mandla Tshuma 22 Oct 2015 Dry planting for crops such as rapoko has already started. THE drought-prone Matabeleland region is bracing for yet another dry spell following the Meteorological Services Department’s warnings of below normal rains in the next agricultural season.In readiness for the drought, the three Matabeleland provinces have …
Starvation Stalks 30 Districts Nelson Chenga 22 Oct 2015 Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made CLOSE to one million Zimbabweans are in desperate need of food assistance as government and the international donor community struggle to raise enough food rations to avert a looming crisis.Thousands are already down to just two meals a day …
US$1bn agric loan facility: Ball now in govt’s court October 23, 2015 in Opinion Our Zimbabwean banks recently unveiled a US$1 billion credit facility for farmers for the 2015/16 farming season. However, the farmers cried foul this week, claiming that the terms attached to the credit facility were prohibitive and unfriendly. Who is to blame …
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SA citizens further remanded for smuggling Zim sables THREE South Africans accused of attempting to smuggle 29 sables out of Zimbabwe have been further remanded in custody to November 5.The three — Edwin Hewitt, Hendricks Johannes Blignaut and John Herbert Pretorius — were remanded by Beitbridge provincial magistrate Willard Mafios Moyo on Wednesday after their …
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Kariba water levels keep falling October 23, 2015 Business Engineer Chifamba Tinashe Makichi Business ReporterZESA Holdings might reduce further the power generation at Kariba Power Station as the current water levels at the lake keep falling. ZESA and its Zambian equivalent, Zambia Electricity Supply Company (ZESCO), were allocated 45 billion cubic metres of water this year but there …