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Cotton output to go up 89% – The Financial Gazette Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor Out of the 140 000 tonnes produced this year, deliveries to Cottco amounted to 125 000 tonnes, a 131 percent increase from 54 000 tonnes produced last year. NATIONAL cotton output is expected to grow by 89 percent from 74 …
Industry calls for fertiliser policy – The Financial Gazette Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri FERTILISER producers have called for a policy to govern and protect them from imports and the high cost of doing business.This comes as last year government allocated $130 million to the industry for …
Brace for El Nino: Farmers unions Letwin Nyambayo • 13 September 2018 4:02PM • 0 comments HARARE – Farmers’ unions have called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to brace for the El Nino phenomenon which is set to affect the 2018/19 cropping season. Paul Zakaria, the executive director of the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU), …
Participatory approach the way to go for farmers The Herald Kenny Ewan Correspondent A stranger enters the room, from another world, and tells a long-time team to do things differently. The chances of a great outcome, based on human psychology, are not great. Most of us are used to the way we do things, …
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Farmers appeals to Government The Herald Masvingo Correspondent Hundreds of small-scale horticulture farmers in the Hwendedzo Resettlement, eastern Masvingo, have appealed to Government to construct a modern market place for them. The farmers said they have capacity to meet Masvingo city’s horticultural needs by supplying cheap produce but are facing challenges in marketing …
Manicaland to beef up exports The Herald Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau MANICALAND is making concerted efforts to increase the number of products currently being exported, as the province gears up for development in line with the constitutional provision for devolution. In an interview, provincial administrator Mr Edgar Seenza said the Manicaland Provincial Development …
Poultry gears for inclusive growth The Herald The scope for rural small-scale farmer centric value chain development in poultry, and how this ultimately generates national economic growth, will be the focus of the annual Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) indaba on Wednesday September 19 at ART Farm, Pomona, Harare. With broiler meat production in …
GMAZ , Government to avert bread shortages The Chronicle Elita Chikwati and Mary Muradzikwa, Harare Bureau The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe(GMAZ) has assured the nation that it is working with Government to avert bread shortages with the association having already secured 30 000 tonnes of wheat on an instalment pre-payment arrangement. The …
AMA seeks to raise $75million for maize purchase The Chronicle Africa Moyo, Harare Bureau THE under fire Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has floated $75 million agro-bills for the purchase of maize from farmers in the 2018 season. AMA, which recently came under attack from Government and farmers for dereliction of duty, said the …
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