Roadside Checks: Notes for the cubby-hole – May, 2016 (No.14)
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Tobacco price firms
Tobacco price firms By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor The highest price so far is US$6,25 per kilogramme, raising prospects of good earnings from the golden leaf. TOBACCO prices have shown signs of buoyancy during the first 30 days of marketing, with an average daily price of US$2,82 per kilogramme, according to statistics obtained …
EU capacitates Zimbabwe farmers
EU capacitates Zimbabwe farmers By Own Correspondent By Kenneth Matimaire MUTARE — The Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) has launched an agricultural support scheme bankrolled by the European Union (EU) to enhance smallholder farmers’ understanding of policy issues. The scheme seeks to benefit over 20 000 smallholder farmers in three selected provinces. It also seeks …
Dendairy raw milk intake increases 66 percent in year to date
Dendairy raw milk intake increases 66 percent in year to date By Own Correspondent Zimbabwe’s raw milk production in the first quarter to March 2016 increased 18.80% to 15.93 mln litres compared to 13.41 mln litres in Q1 last year MILK and dairy products producer, Dendairy’s monthly raw milk intake has since January this …
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Matabeleland farmers panic
Matabeleland farmers panic By Mandla Tshuma Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Obedingwa Mguni … as shoot-to-kill deadline looms MANGWE — Cattle farmers in Matabeleland South, along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, are in panic mode as a June deadline from the neighbouring country to shoot-to-kill stray cattle that cross into its territory looms. Zimbabwe’s western neighbour adopted the …
Cash crisis: The government’s hidden hand
Cash crisis: The government’s hidden hand By Own Correspondent The central bank’s own schedule showed the growth of its TB securities held by commercial banks from $325,7 million in January last year to $1,126 billion in February this year. ZIMBABWE’S cash crisis has led to questions about the government’s management of the country’s financial systems, …
400 000 people run out of food
400 000 people run out of food By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Currently, 72 percent of the population live below the national poverty line (living on less than US$1,25 per day). ZIMBABWE’S food security situation is set to worsen as it emerged this week that the country’s meagre 2016 maize grain harvest …
Govt sets aside $136 000 for quelea control
Govt sets aside $136 000 for quelea control May 19, 2016 in National, News Government has set aside $136 000 for the control of quelea birds, as farmers step up efforts to start winter wheat farming, Agriculture minister Joseph Made has said. by VENERANDA LANGA Made appeared before the Christopher Chitindi-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture yesterday to …
Five urgent priorities for agriculture
Five urgent priorities for agriculture May 19, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis Charles Dhewa While a changing climate is already exerting enormous pressure on Zimbabwean agriculture, the sector has to deal with five urgent priorities, explained below:11. Market development This is a top priority for Zimbabwean agriculture. While funding is often spoken of as if it’s …
Farmers deliver 16 000 tonnes of maize to GMB
Farmers deliver 16 000 tonnes of maize to GMB May 19, 2016 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterFARMERS have delivered 16 000 tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board as Government makes frantic efforts to pay on delivery. Government has so far released $4,5 million for the payment of farmers who delivered their grain …