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New committee for wheat contract farming 27/2/2019 The Herald Ellen Chasokela Herald Reporter The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has appointed a technical committee to spearhead winter wheat contract farming for the next three years. The National Wheat Contract Farming Committee (NWCFC) is a private sector response mechanism to pleas by Government for …
Zim steps up efforts to save ozone layer 27/2/2019 The Chronicle Lungelo Ndhlovu ZIMBABWE is stepping up efforts to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG), which deplete the ozone layer, leading to climate change by flushing out noncompliant air conditioners and refrigerators. The country has recorded a sharp increase in the smuggling of …
Baker says local wheat good enough 27/2/2019 Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu The Chronicle Tendai Mugabe, Harare BureauBREAD can be baked from locally produced wheat without blending it with imported ingredients as widely believed, it has emerged. Players in the baking industry are always knocking on Government doors seeking foreign currency to import wheat. They …
Govt explains diesel shortages 26/1/2019 Source: Govt explains diesel shortages | Daily News HARARE – Government has apologised for the current shortages of diesel on the market which it said had been caused by a “logistical” glitch. This comes as most garages are struggling to raise money on time to pay for their stocks from fuel …
5,3 million Zimbabweans need food aid: UN 26/2/2019 Source: 5,3 million Zimbabweans need food aid: UN | Newsday (News) BY BLESSED MHLANGA /RUTENDO MATANHIKE The United Nations estimates that a total of 5,3 million Zimbabweans will need food aid and has started efforts to raise funds to bridge the food deficit to avert a massive …
‘No new farm invasions in Zim’ 26/2/2019 The Chronicle Harare Bureau THERE are no new farm invasions in Zimbabwe and a Chipinge incident which went viral on social media recently was an exaggeration of a misunderstanding between a commercial farmer and a new farmer. The incident occurred on February 16 at Farfell Estate in …
‘Govt to finalise 99-year leases banking instruments’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe 26/2/2019 BY Fidelity Mhlanga/Kuda Chideme FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the process of modifying 99-year leases to be bankable instruments needs to be brought to finality so as to unlock funding to the agriculture sector and make it more productive. In Zimbabwe, all farming …
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National land policy formulation process launched Herald 25/2/2019 Elita Chikwati and Ellen ChasokelaLands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri last week launched the formulation process of a comprehensive land policy which is expected to enhance access to land, land use planning and management, productivity and sustainable utilisation of land. The process …
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Farm eviction rattles Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Situation Times Live 26/2/2019 A video clip of a senior Zanu-PF official’s son arriving to evict the owner of a well-known farm has sent jitters through Zimbabwe. Remembrance Gwaradzimba, son of provincial minister Ellen Gwaradzimba, went to FarFell Coffee Estate accompanied by police and armed with an eviction notice …
Zim Land Commission head office relocates Shamiso Dzingire • 22 February 2019 5:22PM • 0 comments Daily News The Zimbabwe Land Commission has relocated its head offices from Fidelity Life Towers in the capital to the upmarket suburb of Borrowdale. The move is with effect from February 1. In a notice posted in the press yesterday, …