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‘60 000 receiving food aid from Govt’ 1/2/2019 The Herald Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter At least 600 000 vulnerable households have been receiving monthly food aid from Government since last year, Acting Secretary for Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Mr Clifford Matorera has said. Mr Matorera said this on Tuesday when he appeared …
Form joint ventures, small farmers urged 1/2/2019 The Herald Sydney Mubaiwa in ZAKA Smallholder irrigation farmers here have been challenged to embrace contract farming and consider joint ventures to attract capital and boost productivity. The call was made by Zaka district crops and livestock production officer Mr Kennedy Pedzisai, who lauded joint ventures for …
WFP to avail $80million towards food security 1/2/2019 World Food Programme representative and country director Mr Eddie Rowe and Nust Vice Chancellor Professor Mqhele Dlodlo sign a memorandum of understanding on research and food security during a ceremony at the university in Bulawayo on Tuesday. Assisting them is the head of WFP field office …
Sable to invest $25million in plant 1/2/2019 The Chronicle Freedom Mupanedemo, Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S sole Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser producer, Sable Chemicals will this year inject $25 million in revamping its plant and raise output to help the country reduce its fertiliser import bill. The company’s chief executive officer Mr Bothwell Nyajeka said this while …
Illegal settlers take over communal areas 31/1/2019 The Herald Blessings Chidakwa in Kadoma Illegal settlers living in most rural parts of Mashonaland West Province are now outnumbering genuine home owners, Government reports have revealed. Statistics for Mhondoro-Ngezi and Sanyati districts showed that most of the illegal settlers were artisanal miners and villagers from Gokwe …
Provide inputs, rice and potato farmers urge Govt 31/1/2019 Most communal farmers in the high rainfall parts of Manicaland Province have shifted to growing potatoes The Herald Manicaland Correspondent CHIMANIMANI farmers who are into rice and potato farming have called on Government to avail inputs to increase production levels in a move that will …
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Zim, Zambia in joint wildlife conservation programme 31/1/2019 The Herald Zimbabwe and Zambia have launched a joint $5,5 million Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme (SWMP) to be implemented over a period of five years. The project, being implemented with the assistance of development partners, aims to reduce the pressure of hunting wildlife by promoting, under …
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Cottco focuses on productivity, quality 31/1/2019 Cotton Company of Zimbabwe says it is placing more emphasis on boosting productivity to further grow volumes and improve quality The Herald Business Reporter THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe – which administers Government’s cotton inputs scheme – is putting in place measures to improve productivity and quality as …
Maize meal price to go up 30/1/2019 Source: Maize meal price to go up | Daily News HARARE – The price of maize meal is set to go up after the rise in the cost of fuel by over 150 percent, with grain millers saying transport costs for outside deliveries and raw materials have shot up …
Mutasa small-scale dairy farmers set to up production 30/1/2019 The Herald Nyore Madzianike Manicaland Bureau SMALL-scale dairy farmers in Mutasa are set to increase production following a commitment by Government to support their activities under the Command Agriculture programme. Tsonzo Small-Scale Dairy Farm in Mutasa was placed under Command Agriculture as a pilot programme …
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