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Plant early, tobacco farmers urged Letwin Nyambayo • 25 October 2018 10:58AM • 0 comments HARARE – Tobacco farmers are being encouraged to plant the crop early to avoid the likely danger of El Nino-induced low rainfall expected in the country. This is following indications by the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) that during the 2018 …
Govt seeks to double cotton output The Herald 26/10/2018 Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent GOVERNMENT is seeking to double cotton production in the forthcoming summer cropping season amid growing demand for Zimbabwean cotton on the international market. Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) acting chief executive officer, Mrs Nancy Zitsanza said there is huge demand for …
Farms and mines for war veterans The Herald 26/10/2018 Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent WAR veterans will soon be authors of their own destiny as Government has allocated them a farm in each province and reserved mining claims for them to venture into sustainable economic development projects, an official has said. Deputy Minister of …
Management plan for Tugwi-Mukosi on cards The Herald 26/10/2018 Masvingo Correspondent Government has started working on a management plan for the optimal utilisation of the giant Tugwi-Mukosi Dam, to maximise economic benefits for the communities and the country through fisheries and related projects, an official has said. Zimparks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo said …
Seed Co promotion delivers weighty results SEEDco Regional Managing director Denias Zaranyika is flanked by Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Douglas Karoro (right) and deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos at a Yield Contest in Harare yesterday.- Picture by Tariro Kamangira The Herald 26/10/2018 Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Reporter Listed seed processor, …
Black market rates nosedive 1:1,5 Foreign currency dealers go about their business along Fort Street despite a blitz at the Tredgold magistrates’ courts in Bulawayo recently The Chronicle 26/10/2018 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief PARALLEL market rates further plummeted to as low as US$1:RTGS/Bond1,5 this week from a peak of 1:6 in the …
The Kurima Mari Mobile App Is Very Useful If You Are In The Agriculture Sector – The Financial Gazette Own Correspondent 24/10/2018 Zimbabwe agriculture ” data-medium-file=”http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/maize-255×138.jpg” data-large-file=”https://t3n9sm.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maize-560×303.jpg”> Facing the challenges of a changing climate, increasing costs, global pressures on grain and feed, and more, farmers need to make the most out of existing resources to …
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Ramp up production, sugarcane growers told The Herald 25/10/2018 Tawanda Mangoma in Triangle The Zimbabwe Sugar Association Experiment Station has challenged indigenous commercial sugarcane farmers to ramp up production and help Zimbabwe’s aggregate sugar output to hit the 600 000 tonnes of raw sugar annually. Zimbabwe’s two cane mills at Hippo Valley and …
GMB sues nuts supplier The Herald 25/10/2018 Panashe Machakaire Herald Reporter THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is suing Reapers Private Limited owned by Agricultural and Rural Authority Development (ARDA) chairman Mr Basil Nyabadza for about $160 000 after the latter breached an agreement for the supply of groundnuts to a South African company. …
Tobacco hectarage declines The Herald 25/10/2018 Mary Muradzikwa Herald Reporter Tobacco farmers have so far put about 7 000 hectares under the crop, which is a decline of almost 50 percent from the area put under the crop during the same period last year. According to the latest Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board …