Category: Newspaper Articles

Implications of non-tobacco related materials in tobacco June 30, 2016 Business Tobacco should be hundred percent free of any foreign material. Non-tobacco related materials (NTRM) are of great concern as, if found, they have the capacity to destroy Zimbabwe’s entire tobacco industry. NTRM is anything that is not tobacco such as plastic, feathers, fur, egg shells, sand, metals …

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Govt embarks on food security initiative June 30, 2016 Local News Agriculture,Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made (centre), his Deputy Davies Marapira (far right) and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi are welcomed by Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Huang Ping at China Aid Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (Gwebi College) for …

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‘Subsidise farmers to ensure food security’ June 30, 2016 Business Melody Mashaire, Harare BureauGovernment should subsidise farmers in order to ensure food security in the country, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Mashonaland Central, Advocate Martin Dinha has said. Addressing farmers at a Tobacco Stalk Destruction field day held in Mvurwi yesterday, Advocate Dinha said …

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Team of experts fights rare cotton disease June 30, 2016 Local News Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau ChiefTHE Government has dispatched a team of experts to Gokwe to investigate a rare cotton disease that has destroyed a number of hectares of the plant especially in Nemangwe and Nembudziya areas. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture responsible for crop …

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Agric initiative to ensure food sufficiency: VP Mnangagwa June 30, 2016 Local News Prosper Ndlovu in Victoria FallsTHE various initiatives that the Government has rolled out for the agriculture sector have potential to ensure national food sufficiency in four years, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. Key among them is the Targeted Command Agriculture scheme to …

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Hwange plans Zambezi water harvest June 30, 2016 Local News Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls ReporterCOMMUNITIES under Chief Hwange in Hwange District are set to benefit from a project to draw water from the Zambezi River which is being spearheaded by Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). The two companies are working …

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Cash shortage hits cattle auctions Companies & Markets June 30, 2016By Own Correspondent Cattle prices have plummeted as a result of the prevailing cash crisis. By Njabulo Ncube CATTLE prices are plummeting nationwide at auctions as the prevailing cash shortages, coupled with a harsh economic climate, take their toll on the beef industry.There are fears that …

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Cotton price impasse 0 National Report June 28, 2016   By Staff Reporter Cotton prices had been pegged at US$0,45 per kg for the 2016/7 season with plans to plant 400 000 hectares of cotton in the coming season on cards. THE 2016 cotton marketing season may fail to kick off as farmers and buyers fail …

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