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Summer cropping preps: Spare a thought for cattle The Herald 14/9/2021 WITH memories of last season’s mega crop yields still fresh in the minds of farmers and other stakeholders, the welfare of cattle may easily be overlooked in the current euphoria to prepare for yet another potentially generous season, thanks to the recent forecast of …
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‘All in place for cloud seeding The Herald 14/9/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agric Reporter The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has resources required to conduct cloud seeding during the 2021/22 rainfall season, should need arise. This comes as the MSD said there were still possibilities of prolonged dry spells occurring during the 2021/22 rainfall season. This …
TIMB sign partnership deal with ZSE, VFEX The Chronicle 13/9/2021 Oliver Kazunga THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) together with the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange have signed a deal with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board aimed at enhancing tobacco production by small-scale farmers across the country. In a joint statement, ZSE and the Tobacco Industry …
Smallholder farmers score big with Intwasa The Chronicle 14/9/2021 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief SMALLHOLDER farmers will be smiling all the way to the bank in the Midlands Province after improving their combined yields by over 100 000 tonnes through the Intwasa/Pfumvudza programme. In the 2019/2020 summer cropping season, smallholder farmers in the province produced …
Innovative partnerships for sustainable solutions in Zimbabwe 0 September 13, 2021 9:44 PM Harare – On the International day of South-South Cooperation (12 September), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) acknowledges the Global south’s important contribution to alleviate food insecurity and malnutrition in Zimbabwe. Source: Innovative partnerships for sustainable solutions in Zimbabwe – The Zimbabwean The Governments …
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ZESA Loadshedding Schedule September 2021
NEW: AMA in horticulture improvement drive The Sunday Mail 10/9/2021 Online Reporter The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) says it is set to establish aggregation centers across the country that will boost horticultural activities in line with the National Horticulture Recovery and Growth Plan. Said AMA chief executive officer Mr Clever Isaya said: “Under the National …
AfDB presses for US$1bn agric facility The Sunday Mail 12/9/2021 Martin Kadzere AFRICAN leaders should push for establishment of the US$1 billion facility to support agriculture transformation systems at the United Nations Food Systems Summit to be held in a fortnight, African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina (pictured) has said. The facility, expected …
Why potato crop is of commercial importance The Sunday Mail 12/9/2021 Word from the market with AMA Zimbabwe has a well-established history of potato production. Apart from giving high returns per invested dollar to the farmer, the crop contributes significantly to the nation’s food security. As such, the Government declared potato as one of the …
Pawpaw fruit ripe with golden opportunities The Sunday Mail 12/9/2021 Trade Focus Allan Majuru HEALTH and well-being are now among the foremost factors influencing food and beverage consumption choices in 2021. Much of the discourse in consumer circles now centres around the production and consumption of immunity-boosting foods. This is partly a direct response to …