Zimbabwe averts power cuts after partial debt payment to South Africa

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Zimbabwe averts power cuts after partial debt payment to South Africa Top Stories June 6, 2017By Own Correspondent Energy Minister, Samuel Undenge ZIMBABWE has paid US$10 million dollars out of the US$43 million dollars it owes South Africa’s power utility, averting potentially crippling power outages in the country, Energy Minister Samuel Undenge said Monday. The minister said  Zimbabwe …

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Irvines culls 140 000 birds after avian flu outbreak

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Irvines culls 140 000 birds after avian flu outbreak Top Stories June 6, 2017By Staff Reporter Avian flu is a virus that occurs naturally among wild aquatic birds and affects domestic poultry and other birds and animals. ONE of Zimbabwe’s biggest poultry producers, Irvine’s Private Limited, has culled 140 000 birds following an outbreak of avian influenza …

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Drip irrigation brings hope in the face of climate change

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Drip irrigation brings hope in the face of climate change June 8, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Drip irrigation helps farmers improve their yields Buhle NkomoKetie Chapata, a small-scale tobacco farmer based in Odzi in Manicaland Province, could not contain her excitement after the successful installation of a drip facility at her plot last Friday. The …

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Sustainable socio-economic change in agriculture

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Sustainable socio-economic change in agriculture June 8, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Communities should be the ones speaking about agricultural production and transformation more than development agencies Charles DhewaEfforts by development organisations to build the capacity of agro-based rural communities should by now be bearing meaningful fruits in the form of local institutions speaking for themselves. …

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Comesa launches harmonised seed laws

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Comesa launches harmonised seed laws June 8, 2017 Business Mr Bett Business ReportersThe Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) this week launched the harmonised seed regulations aimed at improving seed production and certification across the region.National seed review teams from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi participated in the launch and will …

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Milling industry struggles to settle $87m maize, wheat bill

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Milling industry struggles to settle $87m maize, wheat bill June 8, 2017 Business VP Mnangagwa Business ReporterThe milling industry is battling to settle an outstanding $87 million bill on wheat and maize imported since August 2016, a situation that the sector says is bringing ‘serious operational risk’.“A quick computation of our aggregate private sector imports of …

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Oil producers raise red flag over soya imports

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Oil producers raise red flag over soya imports June 8, 2017 Business Oil producers say the future of soya farming lies in Government taking a firm stance on banning soya imports by speculators Business ReporterEDIBLE oils manufacturing companies have warned that the continued indiscriminate issuance of import permits for soya beans could lead to a collapse …

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Millers call for suspension of food fortification

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Millers call for suspension of food fortification June 8, 2017 Business Mr Tafadzwa Musarara Conrad Mwanawashe Business ReporterTHE grain milling industry has requested Government to suspend, indefinitely, the mandatory food fortification programme scheduled to commence next month saying it would cost about $20 million to import the equipment and machinery for the process.Furthermore, the milling industry would …

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