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Hurungwe folk enlist bees to fight deforestation The Herald By a CorrespondentForests in Hurungwe and other parts of Zimbabwe are under attack from illegal logging gangs and charcoal extraction. But the battle against deforestation has a helpful ally: the bee. Though it could soon be facing a fight of its own, some Hurungwe folks …
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Understanding crop water requirements important for farmers The Herald Quite a number of farmers have found themselves saddled with huge irrigation water bills which some are now failing to pay owing to their inability to appreciate and understand the water requirements for their crops. These farmers ended up committing themselves to water in excess …
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World Bank finalises funding for Zim The Herald Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterThe World Bank is concluding funding requirements for Zimbabwe as part of processes to start lending to the southern African country, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. Zimbabwe is in arrears of $1,2 billion to the World Bank and …
Register for Command Fisheries, youths urged The Herald Chinhoyi BureauYOUTHS in Mashonaland West Province have been urged to register for Command Fisheries, which is expected to benefit thousands of Zimbabweans. Zanu-PF Youth League national deputy secretary for Development and Indigenisation Cde Mike Chimombe told youths in Mhangura that they should embrace Government-initiated empowerment programmes. …
Middle Sabi farmers in multimillion-dollar deal The Herald Luthando Mapepa Chipinge CorrespondentFARMERS in Middle Sabi will soon benefit from a multi-million-dollar deal they recently signed with some local investors, The Herald has learnt. The agreement is between some A1 and A2 farmers and Agri-Alliance, a local organisation that supports farmers. The deal comes as a …
Dinha calls for more food aid The Herald Mash Central CorrespondentMashonaland Central Provincial Affairs Minister Advocate Martin Dinha has appealed for more food aid in the province after about 13 percent of the maize crop that was planted in the province was written-off because of a prolonged dry spell. In his welcome remarks during …
Stick to standard irrigation methods, farmers told The Herald Martha Leboho Masvingo CorrespondentA senior agronomist has urged wheat farmers here to stick to standard irrigation methods and to avoid water-logging their plants in a bid to enhance productivity and ensure quality yields. The provincial crop and animal officer Mr Peter Chamisa said in a …
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‘Government committed to beef industry resuscitation’ Vice President Chiwenga Walter Mswazie in Maranda, Mwenezi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will hand over 2 000 head of cattle to Matabeleland farmers in Gwanda today to help resuscitate the country’s beef industry under the Command Livestock Programme. Addressing a capacity crowd at rally at Maranda High School in …
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Revisiting informal markets’ roles in income distribution The Herald Charles Dhewa CorrespondentInformal markets have existed for centuries, as contexts where communities make sense of their resources and exchange value. However, urbanisation has given these markets a more pronounced role particularly in meeting the needs of different classes of consumers and farmers. In many African …
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Structured finance The Herald (Part 11 of a 24-part weekly series) Structured Trade Finance (“STF”) is a growing form of finance which aims at circumventing some of the funding challenges identified in our article last week. STF involves the creation of instruments (“structures”) that “mitigate” the unique risks inherent to participants in a transaction …