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Farmers kick-start 2018/19 summer cropping preps The Herald Elita Chikwati and Mary Muradzikwa Farmers have started preparing for the 2018-19 summer cropping season, with inputs distribution in full swing, and some already carrying out land preparations. Tobacco farmers have also started registering for the next season, with 88 224 growers having registered to grow …
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All set for Hwange Agric Show Leonard Ncube in Victoria FallsMATABELELAND North’s prime provincial trade exhibition, the Hwange Agricultural Show, opens tomorrow amid calls for support from businesses and stakeholders to work together to develop a strong Special Economic Zone corridor. The show opens tomorrow and ends on Saturday, under the theme: “Leveraging the …
Investment opportunities in listed agro-allied industries Tapuwa MashangwaTHE elections have come and gone and a new dawn is approaching for Zimbabwe. Already Foreign Direct Investment commitments into the country have been on the positive trajectory over the last six months. The economic sectors already benefiting from this progress encompass the manufacturing, industrial, tourism, banking, …
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Inputs distribution underway | The Chronicle Minister Perrance Shiri Harare BureauThe agricultural inputs distribution programme for this year is in full swing as Government moves to ensure that farmers receive necessary support on time for a successful farming season. Already, thousands of rural households in various districts have received input packages of cotton …
Tobacco auction floor sales gross $711m Business ReporterTobacco sales at the auction floors have grossed $711 million after the end of the 2018 marketing season and indications are that the figure might increase on the back of the ongoing contract sales. Auction floors closed on July 27 after the selling season started in March. …
Chipinge dairy buys milk from Mozambique Own Correspondent Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of State for Manicaland By Kenneth Matimaire CHIPINGE Dairy Board is expected to increase its capacity utilisation to 50 percent from 40 percent following milk imports from Mozambique.Minister of State for Manicaland Monica Mutsvangwa said in her provincial business report that the factory, which …
Processed meats production declines 25 percent Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor Processed meat was one of the country’s biggest foreign currency earners before the closure of the Cold Storage Company. PRODUCTION of processed meats has declined by close to 25 percent as processors struggle to import mechanically deboned meat required in the production of processed meats, …
Mash Central Agric Show opens The Herald Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau Mashonaland Central Agricultural Show opened on Wednesday with new and returning exhibitors participating. Bindura Nickel Corporation managing director Mr Batsirai Manhando will officially open the agricultural show tomorrow. Mazowe Valley Agricultural Show Society chairman Mr Christopher Chingwaru said among the new exhibitors …
Poultry body, SAZ in quality talks The Herald Manicaland Correspondent Zimbabwe Free Range Poultry Association (ZFRPA) has partnered with the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) as part of its measures to improve the quality of their poultry produce and meet export market standards. In an interview, ZFRPA secretary-general Mrs Beauty Jiji said her organisation …
Malawi turns to solar irrigation The Herald Charles Mkoka Correspondent As climate change brings longer droughts, farmers in eastern Malawi’s already dry Lake Chilwa basin are seeing an ever-more-frequent disaster: maize wilting or drying completely, leaving families hungry. “In the past many farmers relied on rain-fed agriculture to grow their food,” said Edwin Liwonde, …