Category: Newspaper Articles

Lucrative export window for Zim organic fresh produce  Chronicle 20/10/2020   Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter MORE local horticultural farmers should venture into organic production of fresh produce, which is on high demand in Sweden and the larger European Union market. Zimbabwe is exporting between US$120 million and US$122 million worth of horticulture products annually, …

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COMMENT: Address issue of stray livestock on the Bulawayo-Gweru highway Chronicle 20/10/2020   THE increasing number of stray cattle and donkeys being killed daily on the Bulawayo-Gweru highway is a cause for concern. The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe spent about US$500 000 on erecting a 162km fence on either side of the highway to …

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Sugar Act review to end impasse Herald 19/10/2020   Minister Nzenza Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter The Sugar Production Control Act is set to be amended to review the production, milling, marketing and sharing of revenue from proceeds from cane supplied by farmers, as Government moves in to resolve a long standing impasse between sugar producing …

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Wheat deliveries increase Herald 19/10/2020   Lorries carrying bulk wheat queue outside the Grain Marketing Board depot in Mazowe last week. — Picture: Edward Zvemisha Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Farmers had by mid last week delivered 45 000 tonnes of wheat to the Grain Marketing Board, with the parastatal expecting an intake of 250 000 …

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Horticulture, irrigation under revival  1  October 17, 2020 10:10 AM Source: Horticulture, irrigation under revival | The Herald Vice President Constantino Chiwenga (right), Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka (second from left) and Minister of State for Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs and Devolution Aplonia Munzverengwi (centre) listen to Mukwene A1 farmer Mr Joseph Nyakudya …

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From retrenchee to successful Pfumvudza farmer  0  October 18, 2020 2:00 AM Source: From retrenchee to successful Pfumvudza farmer | The Herald Sifelani Tsiko in Matobo When Mr Judas Ncube (62) of Gwangwazile Village in Ward 15 of Matobo rural district was retrenched 27 years ago from a company in Bulawayo, all he thought of  was his next …

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‘Building back’ resilience of rural women after Covid-19  0  October 18, 2020 2:03 AM Source: ‘Building back’ resilience of rural women after Covid-19 | The Herald The goat breeding project has improved goat offspring for women in Binga District in Zimbabwe Solomon Mutambara and Delphine Serumaga This year marks 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration …

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