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Met Department warns of thunder-showers October 23, 2015 Local News Herald ReporterZimbabwe should brace for thunder- showers, hail and strong winds accompanied by lightning from next week until early November, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warned yesterday. Matabeleland South, Masvingo and south of Manicaland provinces were likely to be affected more by these weather conditions. In a statement …
INDIGENOUS LIVESTOCK IN MODERN MARKETS October 22, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis Indigenous goats and cattle are hardier than hybrids and therefore better equipped to survive climate change effects like droughts Charles Dhewa Review CorrespondentIndigenous chicken, goats and cattle continue to play a significant role in smallholder agriculture and rural development in Zimbabwe. Mainstream scientists (researchers) …
Zim can make or break agric fortunes October 22, 2015 Business Denias Zaranyika Harare BureauIs it possible for Zimbabwe, the sleeping giant, to regain its status of “breadbasket for the Sadc region? Can Zimbabwean agriculture undergo transformation adequate enough to see it again contribute at least 30 percent of GDP and reinstitute itself as a significant employer …
Cotton farmers get back-pay October 21, 2015 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterCotton farmers will soon get price adjustments on the crop they sold to merchants following the completion of grading at the ginneries. Merchants had paid farmers an interim of $0,30 per kilogramme and are now expected to pay more. Cotton Ginners Association chairperson Mr Godfrey …
Dinha corruption case deferred October 20, 2015 Crime & Courts Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterHIGH Court judge Justice Happias Zhou has postponed to Friday the trial in which Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs Martin Tafara Dinha is being accused of extorting $60 000 from a white commercial farmer as protection fee against eviction. …
New cyanide poisonings signal a renewed war against wildlife October 19, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls ReporterPOACHERS in Zimbabwe have substituted the gun for the more deadly cyanide poison in their illegal hunt for ivory. Through the chemical weapon, the poachers have in the past three weeks killed close to 40 elephants. They are lacing …
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Chicken price to remain unchanged October 20, 2015 Business Brighton Gumbo Business ReporterTHE price of chicken is expected to remain unchanged in Bulawayo despite the three percent decline in the cost of stock feed, an official said yesterday. The Zimbabwe Poultry Farmers Association chairman George Nare said the unit price of a 50 kilogramme bag of stock feed …
Activists urge UK to deport farm grab doc Posted on October 19, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M — 2 Comments ↓ via Activists urge UK to deport farm grab doc – NewZimbabwe 18/10/2015 by Sechaba Lunkunku ZIMBABWEANS living in the UK have upped their calls for White Hall to take action against a British doctor who is attempting to seize a farm in Mashonaland Central …
Heifer imports pay dividends…Milk output up 4.3pc October 19, 2015 Business Brighton Gumbo Business Reporter—MILK production in Zimbabwe has increased by an average of 4.3 percent to 5.1 million litres for the eight months to August 31, 2015 compared to 4.9 million litres in the same period last year. The Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) national chairman, …
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Decline in agric activity hampers economic growth October 19, 2015 Local News, Top Stories Yoliswa Dube Bulawayo BureauThe decline of activity in the agricultural sector has deepened the economic downturn in rural communities which continue to reel under poverty. Statistics show a 23 percent decrease in the national household income average in rural areas, attributed largely to …
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