Presidential inputs distribution begins

Presidential inputs distribution begins  Herald 20/8/2020   Dr Basera Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Distribution of inputs under the Presidential Inputs Scheme for the summer cropping season has started with seed and fertilisers being delivered to Grain Marketing Board depots. Farmers are expected to start collecting inputs in the first week of September. Government has trained …

Tobacco selling season draws to an end

Tobacco selling season draws to an end  0  August 20, 2020 2:05 AM Source: Tobacco selling season draws to an end – NewsDay Zimbabwe THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has urged farmers to deliver their crop thrice a week at the auction floors as the marketing season heads towards closure. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA According to the …

2 250 benefit from stockfeed scheme in Beitbridge

2 250 benefit from stockfeed scheme in Beitbridge Chronicle 19/8/2020   Business Reporter A TOTAL of 2 250 households in Beitbridge District have been shortlisted to get supplementary subsidised livestock feed from the Programme for Growth and Resilience (PROGRESS) under the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF). The initiative is being rolled out in the wake …

300k farmers undergo zero-tillage training

300k farmers undergo zero-tillage training  Chronicle 19/8/2020   Gatshompo\Pfumvudza zero-tillage also encourages soil reconditioning whereby soil sampling, testing and liming will be done so that farmers would know lime and nutrient requirement of their soil Mashudu Netsianda and Munyaradzi Musiiwa Close to 300 000 farmers in Matabeleland South, Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces have undergone …

Livestock farmers bear the brunt of drought

Livestock farmers bear the brunt of drought Chronicle 19/8/2020   Mr Thabani Sibanda an A2 farmer from Mkashi area in Gwanda Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South Province fear that they could lose their cattle as most areas have already run out of pastures, three months before the onset of the rains. …

Curfew relaxed, business hours extended

Curfew relaxed, business hours extended Chronicle 19/8/2020   Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has relaxed the curfew to 8pm and business hours to 4.30pm and directed public transport drivers to undergo regular Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests as well as ensuring that separate lanes for Zupco buses and kombis are created …

Ministers hit the ground running

Ministers hit the ground running  Herald 18/8/2020   President Mnangagwa speaks to newly-appointed Energy and Power Development Minister Soda Zhemu (right) and Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka after their swearing-in ceremony at State House in Harare yesterday Herald Reporter NEWLY-appointed ministers, Anxious Jongwe Masuka and Soda Zhemu, yesterday pledged …