Category: Newspaper Articles

Contract farmers’ marketing season preps March 2, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis tobacco Buhle NkomoContract growers are expected to start selling their tobacco on March 16, a day after selling at the auction floors would have commenced. The reason for the one day lag time is contracted growers use a price matrix generated at the auction …

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Market evidence vital for farmers, traders March 2, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis There is no appropriate infrastructure for food trading in almost all urban areas Charles DhewaWhile many organisations assume farmers and agricultural value chain actors need simple information such as prices and buyers, such few details are no longer enough for serious decision making. …

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‘Seed technology key to ending hunger’ March 2, 2017 Business Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterSEED Co Zimbabwe managing director and Africa Seed Trade Association president Dennis Zaranyika says developing fit for purpose seed technology is key to addressing the problem of food security in Africa. Mr Zaranyika said challenges facing the seed industry were many, but not …

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Floods declared state of disaster • Cabinet sets up roads rehab committee • 30-day deadline for critical roads March 2, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo addresses the media in Harare yesterday Herald ReportersPresident Mugabe has declared floods that have ravaged southern parts of the country a state of disaster. Transport …

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Unlocking value of rural livestock March 2, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis, Top Stories Cattle at the Komati Downstream Development Project Singeni Investment in Swaziland Sydney Kawadza Senior Features WriterGrowing up in Chiware Village in Rusape, Manicaland province, vivid memories of tending to the family’s herd of cattle remain etched in the mind. Cattle are an integral part …

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Umzingwane: Fighting hunger through small grains March 2, 2017 Business Small grains farmer Mrs Liana Ncube (right) inspects her crop in Umzingwane District while the Agritex officer for the area Mr Thobizitha Ngwenya looks on Prosper Ndlovu“IT is nearly six years now since we last had a good harvest here in Esikhoveni. The maize crop has …

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