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All-female vegan rangers leading anti-poaching 0 August 31, 2021 11:20 AM Source: All-female vegan rangers leading anti-poaching | Newsday (News) HURUNGWE — The impact of the pandemic has increased wildlife poaching around Zimbabwe’s national parks, as people who lost their jobs hunt the animals for food. To help protect the animals, anti-poaching organisations have been formed, including a …
Zim journalist champions rabbit farming – The Standard By The Standard 29/8/2021 Our senior business reporter Mthandazo Nyoni (MN) this week sought an interview with journalist, Regis Nyamakanga (RN), president of the Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association (ZICORBA). Over the next five years, he sees the rabbit industry generating over US$2,5 million. Find below excerpts of …
Local News ZAGP capacitates goat farmers ByNewsday 30/8/2021 BY SILAS NKALA THE Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment (VALUE) project has, in partnership with the Goat Breeders Association of Zimbabwe (GBAZ), developed breeding standards for indigenous goats. This was revealed in a statement by the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP) last week. ZAGP …
Time to intensify preps for winter wheat harvesting Its time for farmers to check fitness of their combine harvesters as we approach winter wheat harvesting The Herald 31/8/2021 Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THE 2021 winter wheat crop is at various stages of growth depending on when it was planted, thanks to the various circumstances in …
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CSC investor adopts new business model Part of CSC-Boustead Beef’s breeding herd at Dubane in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province The Herald 31/8/2021 Business Reporter CSC-Boustead Beef has adopted a new business model where it is engaging partners to run some of its cattle ranches on a long term basis as part of efforts to …
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Real farmers win when they back efforts to get rid of cheats The Herald 31/8/2021 One of the major reforms made by the Second Republic was to fix the input loan schemes for farmers, making sure that they had the seed and fertiliser to grow a decent crop that would both …
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Criminals hijack land reform The Herald 31/8/2021 Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations Editor Criminal gangs are taking advantage of those who still believe corruption is rife in Government circles, despite the evidence that it is not tolerated, to sell fake offer letters of farms for bribes ranging from US$350 to US$3 000. The price depends on …
Farmers support government stance on agric loan defaulters The Chronicle 31/8/2021 Harare Bureau FARMER organisations have welcomed the stance taken by the Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Ministry to exclude farmers who cheat from future input schemes and even see offer letters withdrawn from those who side-market their crop. The Ministry recently stated …
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Qatar offers fresh market for Zimbabwe products The Chronicle 31/8/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter LOCAL exporters should take advantage of the direct flights between Zimbabwe and Qatar to tap into the US$25,8 billion Western Asian market. Early this month, Qatar Airways announced the introduction of direct flights between the two countries. This presents lucrative …
Partnership forestalls Hwange poaching The Chronicle 28/8/2021 Leonard Ncube at Hwange National Park THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has recorded no cases of poaching of elephants at Hwange National Park since last year, thanks to improved conservation efforts as a result of partnership with other organisations. In 2013, more than 120 elephants …