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Zimbabwe Tobacco Deliveries Rise to Highest in Eight Years, Beats Estimate http://www.bloomberg.com By Brian Latham – Aug 9, 2010 8:53 PM GMT+1000 Deliveries of tobacco by growers in Zimbabwe, the world’s sixth-biggest exporter of the flue-cured variety of the leaf, are at their highest level in eight years, the industry’s marketing board said. Growers have …

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Villagers face hunger — once again http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Rebecca MoyoFriday, 06 August 2010 14:11 BINGA — AT 63 years old, Elvis Mutani should be slowing down on the manual chores, like the countless trips he makes to the well to draw water for the garden. (Pictured:  Elvis Mutani planting an avocado fruit tree at …

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GMB pleads for US$15m http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Friday, 06 August 2010 12:24 Shame Makoshori, Chief Business Reporter EMBATTLED State-run grain procurement agency, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) urgently requires US$14, 7 million from Treasury to settle outstanding payments for grain delivered by farmers between June 19 and July 30 this year. This week, the State granary, which …

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Rare cattle project used to empower and heal communities http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by The ZimbabweanSaturday, 07 August 2010 10:30 “This is the first of meaningful development coming from our own children whom we educated in hardships,” said an ecstatic Monday Musoro pointing at two Brahman bulls donated to him and several other people in Bikita by …

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Zimbabwe’s Poor Face Starvation http://news.radiovop.com 06/08/2010 07:57:00 Harare, August 06, 2010 – The Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) has warned Zimbabwe that although there was likely to be an improved supply of basic commodities on the market following the extension of the duty-free regulations, poor and very poor households in urban areas were likely …

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No more ‘GMO’ chicken from South Africa, says Zimbabwe. Now to see if there is such a thing. http://www.csmonitor.com Zimbabwe has banned genetically modified chicken from South Africa amid complaints that producers there are flooding the Zimbabwe market. But South African producers say there’s no such thing as GMO chicken. By Savious Kwinika, Correspondent / …

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