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Lifeline for indigenous sugarcane farmers December 4, 2017 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziOver 200 indigenous sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld have been thrown a lifeline after the Supreme Court set aside an appeal by former Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora against a High Court decision invalidating the withdrawal of offer letters …
Africa now primed for a green revolution December 4, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Tom Collins Correspondent On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, told investors: “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” Prime weather conditions, acres of empty space and well-established …
Diesel 50: Switch to clean energy costly December 4, 2017 Business Cars now come complete with emission control devices such like diesel oxidation catalysts, diesel particulate filters etc Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryIn a bid to reduce climate-changing carbon emissions, energy regulator ZERA has outlawed use of a more toxic version of diesel called D500, replacing it …
Poachers leave address at crime scene Codelia Mondela, Court ReporterTHREE men from Bulawayo have been ordered to restitute Matopos National Park $4 002 for hunting and killing a kudu and a buffalo without licences. They were apprehended when one of them dropped a Zesa token at the crime scene after exchanging fire with rangers. The …
Zimbabwe white farmers see opportunity in Mugabe exit 2017-12-01 08:52 Beatrice – Standing outside the gates of the farmhouse from which he was evicted in 2008, white Zimbabwean Deon Theron knows he will never get his land back. But he does believe that Robert Mugabe‘s fall after almost 40 years in power could lead the new …
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Meat processing capacity utilisation shrinks to 30% – The Zimbabwe Independent Meat processing capacity utilisation shrinks to 30% CAPACITY utilisation in the meat processing sector has shrunk to 30% from 60% in July owing to mounting production costs and challenges to procure raw materials, the latest update released by the industry shows. By Tinashe …
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Crop pests hit Zimbabwe November 30, 2017By Own Correspondent Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph Made By Farai Mabeza ZIMBABWE is facing rising cases of new crop pests, posing a serious threat to the agriculture sector, a senior government official has said.Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development permanent secretary, Ringson Chitsiko, told a workshop …
Government fights fall armyworm November 30, 2017By Own Correspondent The fall armyworm has become a complex pest to deal with. By Farai Mabeza GOVERNMENT has launched a new programme to combat the fall armyworm (FAW) (pictured) in the country.The FAW is a transboundary pest that is difficult to manage and was first reported in southern Africa …
Sugar production to fall 14 percent November 30, 2017By Shame Makoshori, Senior Business Reporter Sugar production is expected to drop to 390 000 during the 2017/18 agricultural season, from 453 000 tonnes during the 2016/2017 production season SUGAR production in Zimbabwe is projected to fall by 14 percent due to limited irrigation and narrowed replanting, …
NRZ refurbishes Nandi -Mkwasine railway line – December 1, 2017 THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), in partnership with the government and the European Union, has refurbished the Nandi-Mkwasine railway line in Chiredzi at a cost of more than $10 million in an effort to turnaround the fortunes of the ailing parastatal. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI …