Police arrest suspects as 28 more elephants carcasses are found

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Police arrest suspects as 28 more elephants carcasses are found Posted on September 16, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Police arrest suspects as more elephants carcasses are found | The Chronicle by Mashudu Netsianda September 16, 2013 POLICE in conjunction with the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority yesterday arrested three more suspects and recovered an additional 28 carcasses of elephants which were …

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Supporters invade Shamrock Farm

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Zanu PF supporters invade Shamrock Farm September 16, 2013 in News, Politics     SCORES of suspected Zanu PF supporters and war veterans on Saturday besieged Shamrock Farm in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, belonging to an MDC-T official Silent Dube and abducted him before dumping him at a nearby army barrack. Silent Dube with his belongings after invaders …

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Aid is needed to feed more than two million people as the government runs out of maize reserves.

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Aid is needed to feed more than two million people as the government runs out of maize reserves. Zimbabwe is facing a food crisis and it has emerged this week that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), the parastatal in charge of storing the country’s food reserves, holds maize stocks that are so low that it …

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AICO To Complete Seed Co Sale November

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AICO To Complete Seed Co Sale November Paul Nyakazeya 12 Sep 2013 LISTED agro-industrial conglomerate, AICO Africa Limited is to complete the disposal of a 20 percent   shareholding in Seed Co to a United Kingdom seed company, Limagrain, by the end of November.The exercise is part of the group’s unbundling exercise that seeks fresh capital …

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Solutions To Food Shortages Proffered

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Solutions To Food Shortages Proffered Staff Reporter 12 Sep 2013 THE agricultural portfolio should be pulled out of the belly of politics, if the sector is to perform viably, a farmers’ organisation has said.Over a decade of underproduction in the agricultural sector has seen the country battling with intermittent food shortages since 2000. Farmers’ organisations say there …

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Govt to Prioritize Agriculture Financing, Industry Revival

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Govt to Prioritize Agriculture Financing, Industry Revival Posted on September 12, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — No Comments ↓ via Mugabe: Govt to Prioritize Agriculture Financing, Industry Revival by Thomas Chiripasi VOA Zimbabwe 12.09.2013 HARARE — President Robert Mugabe says his new administration will prioritise the financing of newly resettled farmers and the resuscitation of closed industries to improve the country’s ailing economy. In his first …

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Climate-hit Zimbabwe farmers opt for traditional crop varieties

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Climate-hit Zimbabwe farmers opt for traditional crop varieties Posted on September 13, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Climate-hit Zimbabwe farmers opt for traditional crop varieties from Thomson Reuters Foundation by Busani Bafana 13 Sep 2013 BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – There is always something to eat in Esinah Moyo’s one hectare plot. In between rows of maize are indigenous beans which make …

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Zim conservationist wins lifetime award

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Zim conservationist wins lifetime award Posted on September 15, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Zim conservationist wins lifetime award – The Standard September 15, 2013 ZIMBABWEN conservationist, Clive Stockil has won a lifetime Prince William Award for Conservation for his work with Rhinos. The award, which was presented by Prince William himself at the Tusk Conservation Awards held at the …

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Zim to confiscate Tongaat Hulett fields

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Zim to confiscate Tongaat Hulett fields Posted on September 13, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — 5 Comments ↓ via Eyewitness News: Zim to confiscate Tongaat Hulett fields Edited by Craig Wynn HARARE – Zimbabwe’s ruling party Zanu-PF says it will take over 6,000 hectares of land owned by South African sugar giant Tongaat Hulett. The company runs cane-growing and milling operations in Triangle …

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