Category: Newspaper Articles

Minister sets record straight over alleged CSC involvement  Chronicle 16/4/2021   Dr Anxious Masuka THE Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement, Dr Anxious Masuka, has clarified the appointment of Mr Ngoni Kudenga as rescue manager for the Cold Storage Company (CSC) and dismissed as false, allegations of any conflicted involvement. Responding to …

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Levy on cheese imports to fund milk herd growth Chronicle 16/4/2021   Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has proposed a voluntary levy on cheese and butter imports to finance growth of the dairy industry, but players in the sector want more measures to be put in place if the milk herd is to …

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Govt unveils 2021 crop producer prices – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/4/2021 BY CHIEDZA KOWO GOVERNMENT has announced new producer prices for commercial crops for the 2021/22 marketing season. Sugar beans will be sold at $90 000 per metric tonne, groundnuts ($40 000), sunflower ($40 000), nyimo ($50 000), popcorn ($42 000), cow peas $32 500 and …

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Macadamia production steady Herald 15/4/2021   Martin Kadzere Zimbabwe macadamia output is expected to remain steady this year after substantial amount of the nuts fell off the trees due heavy cyclone winds, an official has said. Macadamia has only in recent years been produced on fairly bigger scale mainly in Chipinge and Chimanimani districts in …

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Massive project to open up irrigation greenbelt   Herald 15/4/2021  Dr Masuka Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter  Another 350 000 hectares will be opened for irrigation over the next three years to climate proof Zimbabwe’s farming, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Masuka told the National Assembly yesterday. “Government has plans to …

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Cotton farmers warned against cheating   Herald 15/4/2021  Fungai Lupande-Mash Central Bureau As the cotton marketing season draws near, the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has warned cotton farmers to desist from soaking their cotton bales in water, place stones or pumpkins to increase weight as this was a criminal offence. Speaking at a field day …

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Chief Shana outclasses all Mat North chiefs  Chronicle 15/4/2021   Chief Shana Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter CHIEF Shana of Jambezi is Matabeleland North’s best farmer among traditional leaders after he outclassed all chiefs in the province in terms of production. There are about 40 chiefs in Matabeleland North province. Government last year extended the …

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‘Protect bumper harvest veld fires’  Herald 14/4/2021   Veld fires are a yearly menace in Zimbabwe Agriculture Reporter Farmers and other land users have been urged to protect their harvest ahead of the fire season, Environmental Management Agency (EMA) environmental education and publicity manager, Mrs Amkela Sidange, said yesterday. EMA says provinces at extreme risk …

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