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Increase awareness on land degradation: FAO Herald 25/6/2021 Land-Degradation Sifelani Tsiko Agric Editor Zimbabwe must take wide-ranging steps to raise public awareness on desertification and land degradation to help combat desertification and the effects of drought, a senior UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) official has said. FAO sustainable natural resources management specialist Mr …
Editorial Comment: Light at the end of power crisis tunnel Herald 25/6/2021 Hwange Power Station The modest Zesa load shedding we are seeing at the moment arises from a combination of inadequate generating capacity within Zimbabwe, especially the thermal base load from Hwange, the economic revival pushing up consumption, the cold weather increasing household …
ARDA under transformation Herald 25/6/2021 Minister Masuka George Maponga in Masvingo The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) is being transformed to become a key agent in steering rural agricultural development to engender rural transformation that is key in making Zimbabwe an upper middle income economy by 2030. Speaking at an ARDA workshop in …
Free Trade Area in Covid-19 times: The potential benefits for Zimbabwe Chronicle 25/6/2021 Rodgers Rewayi With the operationalisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), questions have been raised on whether Zimbabwe can fully benefit from the agreement to attain Vision 2030 of becoming a middle-income economy. Government, businesses and industries all hope …
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Muzarabani farmers struggle for sesame seed market Herald 24/6/2021 Mr and Mrs Richard Manyere harvesting sesame seeds. Phyllis Kachere-Deputy News Editor Convergence For 42-year-old Mrs Lydia Mudoro of Chareka Village in Muzarabani’s Ward 23 covering the Kaerezi area, growing sesame seeds as an alternative cash crop to her traditional cotton came as a welcome and …
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Illegal activities disrupting timber business Herald 24/6/2021 Business Reporter Operations of Zimbabwe’s timber companies remain constrained due to illegal occupation of their forests, an industry lobby group said. Timber Producers Federation (TPF), that includes biggest producers said about 20 000 hectares of its members’ forests have been occupied for agricultural purposes, making it inaccessible …
Horticultural sector needs more investment Herald 24/6/2021 Minister Marapira Thupeyo Muleya-Senior Reporter There is a strong need for Government and its partners to invest more and capacitate farmers in the horticulture sector for them to increase their annual contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as enshrined in the National Development Strategy 1 …
Zim set to get adequate power supply Herald 24/6/2021 Minister Zhemu Soda Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Senior Reporter Ongoing thermal and renewable power projects are expected to add 150 megawatts (MW) to the national grid by the end of the year, ensuring adequate power supply in the country. Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda yesterday said …
National wetlands master plan complete Herald 24/6/2021 Ivan Zhakata-Herald Correspondent Cabinet has received the completed the national wetlands master plan with full mapping and will provide the basis and information needed to develop policy. The inventory of Zimbabwe’s wetlands together with the accompanying maps is now available in hard copy and electronic format and …
Grain deliveries clock 240k tonnes Chronicle 24/6/2021 Minister Mutsvangwa Business Reporter MAIZE deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have reached 240 204 tonnes compared to 63 916 tonnes received during the comparable period last year. Zimbabwe is basking on a bumper harvest following the good rains that the country received in the previous …