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Climate Change Affects Informal Agric Markets 4 Dec 2014 IN an increasingly changing climate, smallholder farmers are switching their attention from rainfall to moisture management. 65 percent of the volume of agriculture commodities flowing into Mbare Musika and other agriculture markets in Zimbabwe are produced in sand and sand-loam soils. Clay soils contribute 30 percent …
Byo firm clinches hides deal BULAWAYO-BASED tannery Wet Blue Industries has clinched a deal with a subsidiary of the Grills group of companies, Bulawayo Abattoirs, under which the latter would supply 4 000 hides a month from 2015. MTHANDAZO NYONIOWN CORRESPONDENT The High Court placed the Bulawayo tannery under provisional judicial management in September after …
Zimbabwe, Russia in talks over agriculture December 9, 2014 in Business ZIMBABWE and Russia are exploring ways of striking a partnership in the agricultural sector in a move that is expected to improve the performance of the sector. VICTORIA MTOMBABUSINESS REPORTER Speaking at a meeting held in Harare yesterday Agriculture and Mechanisation minister Joseph Made said …
ZERA defends fuel prices December 10, 2014 Business Government’s opening up of the fuel sector and empowerment programmes resulted in competition in the market for the benefit of consumers Tinashe Makichi Business ReporterThe Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority says the prevailing fuel prices in the country are within the provisions allowed by the Statutory Instrument 80 of …
Sable buckles under $123m power bill December 10, 2014 Business Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterFERTILISER manufacturer Sable Chemicals has accumulated a $123 million bill from the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company for unpaid electricity. The bill constitutes about 10 percent of the total amount consumers owe the power transmission and distribution company, which is now …
Zesa eyes more power imports December 10, 2014 Business Engineer Chifamba Business ReporterZESA Holdings is in negotiations with an unnamed regional power supplier to import about 250 megawatts while more than $1 billion will be spent on improving generation capacity and infrastructure development. ZESA has been in a discussions with Hydro Cahora Bassa of Mozambique in …
Zim eyes Russian beef market December 10, 2014 Business Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterZimbabwe may soon start exporting beef to the lucrative Russian market as it emerged that negotiations to that effect are already underway, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Speaking after a meeting with the visiting Russian delegation at his Ngungunyana Building offices, Agriculture, Mechanisation and …
Zim marks International Human Rights Day December 10, 2014 Business Today, the 10th of December, is International Human Rights Day. This is a day set aside to commemorate the date on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaiming its principles as the “common standard of achievement for all peoples and …
Farmers panic over inputs delay December 10, 2014 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterThousands of farmers who applied for input loans from Lasch Enterprise Private Limited could have been prejudiced of their money after they failed to secure seed and fertilisers, despite paying application and insurance fees. The farmers said yesterday that they were no longer …
Industry expects 222m kg of flue-cured tobacco December 10, 2014 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterThe tobacco industry is expecting about 222 million kilogrammes of flue-cured tobacco next season. Last season, farmers produced 216 million kilogrammes up from the 165 million kilogrammes that had been produced in 2013. Presenting the 2015 National Budget recently, Finance Minister, …