Category: Newspaper Articles

First day top price: Precursor to tobacco price ceilings? March 21, 2017 Business Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made (centre) joins in the bidding for tobacco with buyers using the new e-marketing system during the official opening of the tobacco selling season last week while TIMB board chair Monica Chinamasa (left) and official …

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Vegetable shortage hits Byo March 21, 2017 Business fruits and vegetables Lackson Munkombwe, Business Correspondent AN acute shortage of green vegetables has hit Bulawayo, with vendors saying the insufficient supply of the nutritious commodity could push up the price on the market. A snap survey conducted in the city centre last week revealed that most …

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Tobacco exports rake in $190m March 21, 2017 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterZIMBABWE has so far generated about $190 million from 38 million kilogrammes of tobacco that have been exported to different parts of the world, latest statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show. The golden leaf has been exported at an average …

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Cotton farmers grieve over disillusioned market price March 20, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Mrs Angeline Mureya with her sorghum harvest Leroy Dzenga Features WriterOver the years, the mere mention of Gokwe without prefixing it with the word cotton was “blasphemous” in local agriculture. Since independence, the district made cotton production its trademark activity. However, a …

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Utilising land and water for a bumper harvest March 20, 2017 Business Farmers without irrigation should take the time ‘after harvesting’ to sample their soils for analysis and to determine pH imbalances and if need be they must be corrected promptly John Basera and Dr Gorden Mabuyaye Bumper HarvestWith the drive to rebuild and grow our economy …

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