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News in depth: ‘It’s a grand heist’: Contractors, insurance firms fleece tobacco farmers  0  December 12, 2021 8:22 AM Source: News in depth: ‘It’s a grand heist’: Contractors, insurance firms fleece tobacco farmers | The Standard (Local News) BY MELODY CHIKONO SCORES of tobacco farmers in Karoi, in the last auctioning season, lost numerous properties running into …

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Zim farmers partner Chinese firms The Herald 10/12/2021 Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Zimbabwean farmers will work with Chinese companies in joint ventures to grow crops demanded in the Asian country as part of programmes under the first three-year plan unveiled recently by President XI Jinping during a Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation …

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July unrest cost Tongaat Hulett R158 million The Herald 10/12/2021 The sugar producer said the unrest resulted in a loss of business of about R158 million, due to lost production capacity and cane arson fires. Tongaat Hulett has reduced its debt from R11,7 billion in the 2020 interim, to R6,9 billion in the six months …

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Mobile app to assist livestock farmers The Chronicle 10/12/2021 Rutendo Nyeve, Business Correspondent A NEW mobile application, Kurima Mari/Ukulima Imali, has been developed to assist large-scale commercial and small-scale beef producers with information on best practices in beef production. The intervention is a product of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme – Beef Enterprise and Transformation …

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Bird flu: UK experiencing its largest ever outbreak of bird flu as thousands culled Amar Mehta 9/12/2021 The UK is experiencing its largest ever outbreak of avian flu, Environment Secretary George Eustice has warned. Thousands of farming birds have been culled across the country and an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone was declared 3 November before being extended …

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Horticulture firm installs 1,9MW solar power plant The Herald 9/12/2021 Martin Kadzere Nhimbe Fresh, one of Zimbabwe’s largest horticultural firms, has completed the construction of a 1,9 megawatts (MW) solar plant to power operations at  its estates in Marondera, about 80 kilometres east of Harare, chief executive Edwin Moyo said. South African energy start-up Sun …

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Farmers applaud US$30m sector fund The Herald 9/12/2021 In the years gone by horticulture used to contribute about 5 percent to Zimbabwe’s gross domestic product Sikhulekelani Moyo Bulawayo Bureau FARMERS have applauded the proposal by the Government to set up a US$30 million horticulture revolving fund, which they say will go a long way in …

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Hippo’s sugar output jumps by 10 percent The Herald 9/12/2021 Hippo Valley Estates produced a total of 162 906 tonnes of sugar in the period under review Jennifer Mufamba Business Reporter Hippo Valley Estates (Hippo) posted a 10 percent growth in sugar production for the six months to September 30, 2021, driven by satisfactory factory …

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Chisumbanje community gets drip irrigation plots The Herald 9/12/2021 Hon Nokuthula Matsikenyere Ivan Zhakata in CHISUMBANJE The Chisumbanje community has received drip irrigation plots to boost their agricultural activities in the area, in a development aimed at complementing Government’s effort of ensuring food security and nutrition. Chisumbanje falls under ecological Region Five, which receives erratic …

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