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Govt targets $143m horticulture exports Source: Govt targets $143m horticulture exports | Herald (Business) Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterGovernment is targeting to surpass the $143 million mark from horticultural export proceeds next year after extending the sector to Command Agriculture Scheme. The country earned $143 million in 1999 at the peak of the sector and authorities …
TIMB punishes tobacco buyer over side-marketing newsday AGRITRADE Leaf Tobacco has been slapped with a plethora of sanctions, after it was accused of lack of professionalism in the way it purchased tobacco. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA Sources said the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) recently held a meeting where it found Agritrade guilty of promoting …
Farmers fail to draw $300 cash a day Business ReportersBanks operating at tobacco auction floors are not giving farmers a daily cash allocation of up to the $300 set as a maximum by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Farmers saying the banks are giving them a once-off $300 payment, mostly in bond coins. Farmers …
Govt donates fingerlings to Mangwe Bulawayo BureauMangwe villagers got a shot in the arm last week when Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri launched development projects, some of which will facilitate access to clean water. As part of the projects, Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri provided 20 000 fingerlings that were seeded into Ingwizi Dam — …
Pollution affects tobacco quality | The Herald Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands BureauMost peri-urban farmers are producing low-grade tobacco due to water pollution by local authorities and industries, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) has said. In an interview during his visit to the Midlands Province recently, Minister Shiri said …
Pro-hunter kills collared elephant | The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziGonarezhou Conservation Trust (GCT), a partnership between Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) and a German NGO, the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) have condemned the recent killing of a collared elephant bull by a professional hunter in the Gonakudzingwa area of Chiredzi. …
Govt legalises mbanje farming | The Herald Abigail Mawonde Herald CorrespondentGovernment has legalised the production of cannabis (mbanje or dagga) for medicinal or scientific purposes. This was announced by Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa in a Government Gazette yesterday under Statutory Instrument 62 of 2018 (Dangerous Drugs – Production of Cannabis …
Farmers hail cotton auction system Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterFarmers have commended Government for improving cotton prices through introducing the auction system. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga recently indicated that the crop would soon be marketed through the auction system to ensure competitive prices. Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) president Mr Wonder Chabikwa last week …
China wants Zim oranges, says Minister Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri Richard Muponde, Plumtree CorrespondentZIMBABWE’s oranges are a delicacy to the Chinese market and schools nationwide have been called upon to establish vibrant orchards for export purposes and own consumption. Environment, Water and Climate Minister, Oppah Muchinguri–Kashiri said this last Thursday at a ground breaking ceremony for …
Prisons acquire fishing boat to supplement inmates’ food From Leonard Ncube in BingaTHE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services in Matabeleland North province has acquired a fishing boat as it continues to venture into income generating projects to supplement food for inmates. The fishing boat, which is already bringing 12 by 50kg bags of kapenta …
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