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COMMENT: Protect Zesa infrastructure from vandals The Chronicle 19/8/2021 The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is losing more than $2 million annually as a result of theft of copper cables and vandalism of transformers. The increased cases of vandalism of Zesa Holdings’ infrastructure across the country has seen some suburbs going for weeks …
Farmers warned against complacency in dipping cattle 0 August 18, 2021 3:44 PM Source: Farmers warned against complacency in dipping cattle | Herald (Top Stories) Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The Department of Veterinary Services DVS) has warned farmers against complacency in dipping cattle as this will result in an increase in tick-borne diseases cases and deaths. …
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Tobacco farmers urged to start registering for 2021/22 season 0 August 18, 2021 8:44 PM Source: Tobacco farmers urged to start registering for 2021/22 season | The Herald THE countdown to the planting of irrigated tobacco has already started Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has encouraged tobacco farmers to start registering for the …
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Veld fires increase by 50 percent….. two killed just two weeks into fire season 0 August 18, 2021 8:49 PM Source: Veld fires increase by 50 percent….. two killed just two weeks into fire season | The Herald Ms Amkela Sidange Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The country has recorded a 50 percent increase in veld fires which have …
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Pig producers struggle for maize supplies – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 18/8/2021 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI SMALLHOLDER pig producers, accounting for 80% of the country’s pig producers, are reportedly struggling to access maize as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has not availed an allocation for them, rendering their businesses unviable. According to Statutory Instrument 145 of …
GMB seizes 262 tonnes of maize The Herald 18/8/2021 Blessings Chidakwa Herald Reporter THE Grain Marketing Board has seized 262 tonnes of maize in eight days from illegal grain dealers in three provinces of Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland East. Seizures occurred between August 4 to 12. In a statement, GMB chief executive …
Govt eyes 350 000ha for irrigation projects The Herald 18/8/2021 Thupeyo Muleya-Beitbridge Bureau The Government is accelerating the development of irrigation and water infrastructure to cover a total of 350 000 hectares of farming land in the next three seasons to boost agricultural production, a cabinet minister has said. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and …
Agric college, AGS in training partnership Herald 18/8/2021 AGS co-founder Mrs Zandie Matiwaza-Denga (left) hands over seedlings to Esigodini Agricultural College principal, Mr Sibangilizwe Dlodlo (right) while Umzingwane legislator Levi Mayihlome (third from right) and other guests look on. Beitbridge Bureau The Esigodini Agricultural College has received an assortment of materials from the Africa Grain …
Zhovhe Dam drives Zim citrus production The Herald 18/8/2021 Thupeyo Muleya-Beitbridge Bureau Beitbridge District has the potential to earn the country billions of dollars in foreign currency should farming projects visited by Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka recently be brought to full capacity. The minister and a team …
Zimbabwe: Extreme weather events intensify 18/8/2020 The Herald Sifelani Tsiko-Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor From record devastating droughts to ruinous floods, veld-fires and the early end of the rainy season, the frequency of extreme weather conditions is increasing in its intensity in Zimbabwe, showing a pattern that is becoming familiar across Africa and other parts …