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Irrigation’s distress call January 13, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Vibrant irrigation schemes will improve sustainable food security Sifelani Tsiko: Syndication Writer . . . Zim needs $430m for schemes repair Zimbabwe needs about $427,5 million for the rehabilitation of 57 000 hectares at non-functional irrigation schemes which are in a deplorable state after years of neglect, …
Millers attack bakers over flour imports January 13, 2017 Business Business Reporter Grain millers have criticised the bakers association, Lobels Bread and its major shareholder, Old Mutual, over what it describes as “falsehoods” being spread by the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe regarding the removal of wheat flour from the General Import Licence by Government.The Grain …
Govt hails progress in Command Agric scheme January 13, 2017 Local News Tendai Mugabe: Senior Reporter Government has expressed satisfaction with progress registered under Command Agriculture and has intensified monitoring of the scheme following reports that some farmers were selling inputs they received under the programme.Further, Government is mobilising resources to deal with an outbreak of the …
Met department, warns of heavy rains, floods January 13, 2017 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter— The country is expected to receive heavy rains from tomorrow up to Tuesday next week with a possibility of flooding in some areas, the Meteorological Services Department has warned. The weather organisation has since advised responsible authorities to be high on …
Fall armyworm spreads into Byo, Midlands January 13, 2017 Local News Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE fall army worm which was first reported in Matabeleland North, has spread to Bulawayo. The pest, which is new in the country and is very devastating, has also been reported in the Midlands province. Matabeleland North provincial Agritex officer Mr Dumisani …
Water relief for 8,000 thirsty elephants neglected by Zimbabwe By ZimSitRep_M | January 12, 2017 0 Comment As a drought-inducing El Niño settled over southern Africa in 2016, the animals of Hwange national park in Zimbabwe faced desperate water shortages. Source: Water relief for 8,000 thirsty elephants neglected by Zimbabwe | Environment | The GuardianJanuary 11, 2017 During a heatwave in October, …
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Chivi farmers battle to save lifestock 0 Companies & Markets January 12, 2017By Own Correspondent Chivi farmers were losing 1500 cattle per season due to drought. Nyasha Chingono and Farai Mabeza CHIVI farmers in Chiokoyo village are battling to save their livestock due to depleted pastures caused by the El Nino induced drought.Many of the farmers …
Green Fuel, villagers in fresh land row 0 National Report January 12, 2017By Own Correspondent Chipinge South legislator, Enock Porusingazi By Kenneth Matimaire CHIPINGE — A fresh dispute over land has erupted in Chisumbanje after Green Fuel chased away some of the villagers in Mutumburi Village from their ancestral land. While attempts to get …
Irrigation development to take long 0 National Report January 12, 2017By Own Correspondent Zimbabwe needs to extend land under irrigation from the current 206 000 hectares to at least 2,5 million hectares in order to insulate itself from hunger caused by drought. By Farai Mabeza ZIMBABWE may take up to 50 years to develop its irrigation …
Zimbabwe runs out of fertiliser 0 Top Stories January 12, 2017By Staff Reporter ZCFU president, Wonder Chabikwa ZIMBABWE has run out of top dressing fertiliser (ammonium nitrate) as manufacturers are failing to access adequate foreign currency to import the essential raw materials, the Financial Gazette can report.This has left thousands of farmers, especially communal farmers who are not …