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Tanganda plans to venture into cattle ranching By Own Correspondent Tanganda owns brands such as Tanganda Tea and bottled water, Tingamira. By Kenneth Matimaire MUTARE ― Tanganda Tea Company, a Meikles subsidiary, is planning to venture into beef production and would approach government for land for cattle ranching.Tanganda’s finance director, Henry Nemaire, said the diversification drive …
Soya import ban sends poultry prices flying By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Soya bean production has been on the decline since 2000 when 150 000 mt was produced. Last year’s production of 35 000 mt was the lowest recorded since the onset of the land reform programme in 2000. A ban on the …
99-year lease unattractive to former farmers – February 16, 2018 COMMERCIAL Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (CFU) has said that the country’s new 99-year lease document is voluminous about three times the length of Zambia’s equivalent, making it difficult to attract interest from former commercial farmers, who fled Zimbabwe during the fast track land reform. CFU director …
The surprising value and sorry fate of Zim’s last vultures – February 17, 2018 A ROUTINE scout by game rangers in Gonarezhou National Park, in south-eastern Zimbabwe, last May, revealed a gruesome scene. BY ANDREW MAMBONDIYANI Up to 94 vultures had died after feeding on an elephant carcass poisoned by poachers. The birds found dead …
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Met Dept looks to radars to boost weather info Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryThe radar is able to provide precise, area-specific forecasts of severe weather and climate occurrences, say experts. Extreme events such as tropical storms or hail can be accurately detected a day, even hours, before they occur or as they build up, they …
Tobacco hectarage affected by poor rainfall distribution Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterThe hectarage put under flue-cured tobacco this season has marginally dropped owing to poor rainfall distribution, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. In its latest crop assessment report, compiled together with Agritex after an assessment in tobacco-growing areas from January …
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Use irrigation plots fully: Shiri Sydney Mubaiwa in ZakaFarmers at irrigation schemes must fully utilise their plots and help boost food security. The call was made by Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Chief Air Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) last week while touring the Fuve-Panganai Irrigation Scheme in Zaka, Masvingo. “Government is keen to …
Lands committee to downsize farms Fungai Lupande Mash Central BureauMashonaland Central’s Mazowe District lands committee yesterday resolved to identity large and underutilised farms for redistribution. This follows an address by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Mvuma recently where he said big farms should be downsized to enable more people to benefit from land redistribution. Some …
Extend inputs scheme, say cotton farmers Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterGovernment should extend the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme for cotton farmers beyond this season to allow them to recover from viability challenges that have plagued the industry in successive years, legislators heard. Cotton Company of Zimbabwe officials and cotton farmers told a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee …
Tobacco hectarage declines 5.5 percent Dr John Mangudya Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE area planted under the tobacco crop in the 2017/18 cropping season has declined by 5.5 percent to 104 397 hectares from 110 518ha during the same period last year, official figures show. The decline in area planted under tobacco is largely attributed …