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TOO MUCH WATER: 105 people drown, 593 marooned as community dams burst February 24, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories   File picture Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has said about 2 000 homesteads have been destroyed by rains leaving 635 families homeless countrywide. In disaster situation report dating back to October, The CPU indicated …

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  Reduce maize producer price: Irvine February 24, 2017 Business Irvine’s Zimbabwe (Private) Limited chief executive David Irvine (right) explains to Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha the feed production process during a tour of the company’s plant in Harare yesterday. — (Picture by Kudakwashe Hunda) Business ReporterZIMBABWE’S maize producer price, at $390 per tonne is …

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Command Agric to cover wheat, soya February 24, 2017 Local News Plans are afoot to make Zimbabwe self-sufficient in soyabean production under the expanded Command Agriculture programme Ray Bande in CHIPINGECommand Agriculture programme will be spread to cover other crops as the country moves towards attaining food self-sufficiency, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. VP Mnangagwa …

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Farmers prepare for tobacco deliveries February 24, 2017 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTOBACCO farmers will start delivering their crop at the auction floors early next month before the opening of the selling season on March 15, an official has said. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) spokesperson Mr Isheunesu Moyo said farmers would start delivering their …

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Cottco pays farmers $75k February 24, 2017 Business Lovemore Zigara, Midlands CorrespondentLOCAL cotton processing and marketing firm Cottco has so far paid $74 400 towards cotton price adjustment for deliveries made last year. Cottco paid 35 cents per kilogramme (kg) for 10 800 tonnes of cotton delivered to the company last year and made an undertaking to …

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Maize producer price unchanged February 24, 2017 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterAGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made says the maize and small grains producer price for this year will remain unchanged at last year’s level of $390 per tonne. Last year, the Government increased maize and small grain producer price from $335 a …

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More floods expected to hit Zimbabwe Companies & Markets February 23, 2017By Staff Reporter     Cyclone Dineo exacerbated flooding that was experienced in Matabeleland last month WHILE perennially dry dams have filled up overnight, instantly solving water problems for several city councils around the country, Cyclone Dineo has come with devastating effects, threatening the livelihoods …

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SADC ill-prepared to deal with armyworm National Report February 23, 2017By Staff Reporter In Zimbabwe, up to 130 000 hectares of maize could be affected.   THE outbreak of the fall armyworm has caught southern African countries flat-footed with most member States still to ascertain the full extent of the invasion, let alone present a plan …

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Armyworm hits Gokwe February 23, 2017 in News Maize fields at several plots and farms in Gokwe South have been destroyed by the recent outbreak of armyworm, NewsDay has learnt. BY MUNESU NYAKUDYA One of the affected farmers, Violet Muloyi, told NewsDay this week that efforts to contain the outbreak, which broke out two weeks ago, using …

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