Strategic Grain Reserve to the rescue

Strategic Grain Reserve to the rescue by Sunday Mail Reporter | Sunday, May 24, 2015 | 446 views     White Maize Government will soon distribute 138 000 tonnes of maize from the Strategic Grain Reserve to communities whose harvests failed in the predominantly dry 2014-15 summer cropping season.   Households will receive a package whose contents will be …

Minister Undenge explains power cuts

Minister Undenge explains power cuts by Debra Matabvu | Sunday, May 24, 2015 | 699 views     Electricity cuts affecting many parts of Zimbabwe are being caused by technical faults in power generation plants across the Southern Africa region, Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge has explained.   Dr Undenge told The Sunday Mail that due …

Millers threaten minister with lawsuit

Millers threaten minister with lawsuit by kuda bwititi | Sunday, May 17, 2015 | 288 views     Dr Made THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has threatened to drag Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made to court over his decision to allow cheap maize meal imports.   There is discord over the issue after Industry …

Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers

Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers Posted on May 10, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M —  via Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers | The Herald May 9, 2015 by George Maponga Commercial and communal land reform farm beneficiaries will — from this year — start paying rentals, with the funds being channelled towards compensating white former farmers who gave way to …

With biogas,nothing goes to waste

With biogas,nothing goes to waste May 8, 2015 in National, Newsin INSIDE the Zimbabwe Domestic Biogas Programme (ZDBP) information trailer, the flame on the biogas stove suddenly flares and flickers as if blown by the wind. The mobile information trailer, designed to resemble a kitchen, is connected to a biogas digester built underground, which converts cow dung into …

GMB owes maize farmers $28,7m as govt resorts to imports

GMB owes maize farmers $28,7m as govt resorts to imports May 8, 2015 in National, News   FARMERS are still owed over $28,7 million for the 146 000 metric tonnes of maize they delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) last year as government struggles to fund the agricultural sector due to biting economic challenges, Parliament has been …