Category: Newspaper Articles

UN Fears Fall Armyworm Outbreak Threatens Zimbabwe’s Food Security – Zimbabwe    3-4 minutes English News and Press Release on Zimbabwe about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and Insect Infestation; published on 07 Mar 2019 by VOA Source: UN Fears Fall Armyworm Outbreak Threatens Zimbabwe’s Food Security – Zimbabwe | ReliefWeb HARARE, ZIMBABWE — The United Nation’s …

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Investors pour US$400 million into CSC    10/3/2019 Source: Investors pour US$400 million into CSC | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Dumisani NsingoBulawayo Bureau The Cold Storage Company (CSC) has secured a US$400 million lifeline in yet another milestone in the Second Republic’s bid to revive companies that had become dormant in the last two decades. The …

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Food security remains key for any economy    10/3/2019 Source: Food security remains key for any economy | Daily News The reality of a drought this farming season is beginning to dawn on most people as crops they grew with positive expectations fail under their watch. After the heavy downpours some time ago during which places like …

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Reviving indigenous seeds in Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Situation   10/3/2019 After modern strains fail to thrive amid drought, a growing number of African farmers are looking to the resilient seeds of the continent’s past People, not production lines. Farms, not factories. Agriculture, not agri-business. From ice covered northern Sweden to the depths of the Amazon …

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Understanding crop water requirements   8/3/2019 The Herald On April 1, 2019, the water year will begin. At the opening of the water year, raw water users, inclusive of irrigating farmers are required to sign water abstraction agreements which allow them to draw water from the dams. So as we approach the water year, farmers …

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Yes, we can deliver our own bread!   8/3/2019 The Herald Elliot Ziwira Senior Writer There is so much lack of information on wheat production and its quality in Zimbabwe. It is said that the flour made out of our wheat is of such poor quality that it cannot make bread. When one probes further …

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Showgrounds sale pens remain closed   8/3/2019 Deputy Minister Douglas Karoro The Chronicle Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter  GOVERNMNENT has said it has no intention of re-opening the Bulawayo show grounds cattle sale pens and advised farmers to establish dedicated sale pens with proper sanitary measures to curb disease outbreaks. Cattle sales at the Zimbabwe International Trade …

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