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The fourth industrial revolution is upon us By Newsday – January 21, 2020 guest column:David Mhlanga MANY commentators, researchers and economists the world over are increasingly talking about the potential impact of the fourth industrial revolution. Researchers are fully admitting to the fact that the fourth industrial revolution is changing how we live and work, how the …
Agric players urged to climate-proof By Newsday – January 21, 2020 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S agriculture sector players should immediately come up with strategies on how to grow the sector in the face of climate change and limited access to appropriate funding among other challenges, a government official has said. Addressing delegates attending the ongoing integrated results-based …
Govt to adopt smart agriculture By Newsday – January 20, 2020 Government says it is engaging agriculture sector stakeholders to promote and implement a comprehensive transformation which will allow farmers to migrate from conventional farming methods to smart agriculture to improve their yields. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA The transformation will also see the increase in the production …
ANIMALS Bees Absolutely Love Cannabis & It Could Help Restore Their Populations Published 2 days agoon January 19, 2020 By Andrew Wilson Bees are major fans of hemp and a recent study has found that the taller the hemp plants are the larger the number of bees that will flock to it. The new research, …
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Hwange Thermal Power Station back on grid after floods Chronicle 21/1/2020 Minister Richard Moyo Harare Bureau HEAVY rains which pounded Hwange at the weekend knocked out Hwange Thermal Power Station when the coal got wet but two 120 megawatt units were back up yesterday with a third expected to be on the grid by …
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Livestock farmers pin hopes on rains Chronicle 21/1/2020 Pride Mahlangu, Business Reporter LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland region are pinning their hopes on the rains that have started falling across the country. The wet spell, which is being experienced across the country comes as a relief to communal farmers in Matabeleland region although they continue …
Dam water levels increase Sunday Mail 19/1/2020 Lea Mutanda Some of the country’s major dams have begun registering increase in water volumes, following the rains that have been received countrywide over the past weeks. Last week, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) corporate communications and marketing manager Mrs Marjorie Munyonga said dams along the country’s …
Poor macadamia harvest expected, climate change cited Herald 20/1/2020 Takunda Maodza Manicaland Bureau Chief MACADAMIA nuts farmers expect the poorest harvest ever this year owing to the side effects of climate change, which resulted in reduced rains and heat waves. Heat waves were experienced mainly between August and November last year, resulting in massive …
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New grazing method developed at Mazoe Herald 20/1/2020 The Rhodesia Herald, 20 January 1970 PASTURE specialists at the Henderson Research Station at Mazoe have developed a new method of grass fertilisation and grazing, which may revolutionise the stock farming system in Rhodesia. It is expected to help people like tobacco farmers, who with small …
Armyworm hits Lower Gweru Herald 20/1/2020 army worm Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent Crops in some parts of the Midlands Province are under threat from the African armyworm. Midlands provincial crop and livestock officer Mrs Madeline Magwenzi said the armyworm had been discovered in Somabhula. “The African armyworm was first discovered by farmers in Somabhula …