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Pure rabbit breeds roll-out begins Herald 29/6/2021 Business Reporter Raymeg Holdings Limited, a corporate member of Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association (ZICORBA), this month started distributing pure rabbit breeds to ZICORBA members as efforts to improve the country’s rabbit genetic stock gather pace. The launch of the programme, expected to distribute about 2 000 …
Firm ploughs US$5,5m into citrus production Herald 29/6/2021 Minister of State for Special Agriculture Projects Davis Marapira(right) is led on a tour of Zhovhe Farm by Toppick Investments managing director Mrs Saliwe Marema (left) in Beitbridge recently.—Picture: Thupeyo Muleya. Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Toppick Investments, a wholly Zimbabwean owned company, has ploughed US$5,5 million …
Commodities exchange ready to open doors Herald 29/6/2021 Minister Masuka Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Government has promulgated Statutory Instrument (SI) 184 of 2021 that will operationalise the much-awaited agriculture commodities exchange, the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX). In this regard, the exchange originally scheduled for launch during the first quarter of 2021 is expected to …
Banana farming eases poverty in the face of climate change Chronicle 29/6/2021 Honde Valley farmers loading bananas onto trucks for sale Hazel Marimbiza EVER since banana farming in Honde Valley rural communities evolved from a subsistence crop to a commercial enterprise, lots of women farmers in the area have been pulled out of poverty. …
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Couple sets tone in fodder farming project Chronicle 29/6/2021 Mrs Rita Dube shows the fodder ready to be ground at their homestead in Mbuyazwe Village, Umguza District in Matabeleland North yesterday. Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THEIR faces beaming with joy, Mr Enias Dube (65) and his 55-year-old wife, Rita, could not hide their excitement …
40,000 acres of fiber hemp fuels China’s ‘one county, one industry’ strategy Drones spray fertilizer on Chinese hemp crops. POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® JUNE 28, 2021 Qinggang County in China’s Heilongjiang Province expects to harvest hemp from 40,000 acres (~16,200 hectares) in 2021 as the government increases its support for development of high-tech solutions in the world’s capital …
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34 workers test positive to COVID-19 at Beitbridge farm – NewsDay Zimbabwe 28/6/2021 BY SILAS NKALA THIRTY-FOUR workers at the BK Carwood Farm in Beitbridge tested positive to COVID-19 after 311 were tested for the virus on Saturday at the Mtetengwe Clinic. A health worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they had to …
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Exploring herbs: Our food, medicine, my health and wealth Herald 28/6/2021 Blackberries Miriam Nyasha Kwari-Herbalist For every drug that benefits a patient, there is a natural substance that can achieve the same effect. The surprising herbal frenzy that we are seeing today is due to a variety of fascinating factors. Coupled with these factors …
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January disease poses threat in Midlands 28/6/2021 Midlands Veterinary Provincial Director Dr Martin Sibanda has confirmed the deaths of cattle in huge numbers and said theileriosis, also known as January disease has affected parts of Shurugwi and Mvuma. Herald Reporter Tick-borne diseases have continued to pose a serious threat to the national herd, with …
Tugwi-Mukosi development master plan completed Herald 28/6/2021 Tugwi-Mukosi Dam George Maponga in MASVINGO The long-awaited development master plan for Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in Chivi South, Masvingo, is now complete and will soon be tabled in Cabinet, paving way for the country to extract full economic benefits from the vast water body. Expediting crafting of the …