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Diversify varieties to arrest climate change: Hekhani seeds
Farmers have been urged to use diverse seed varieties during the forthcoming farming season to combat impacts of climate change.Speaking during an interview on the preparedness of seed compani...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 16:40hrs | 205 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe CIO's business network
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) likely has a secret stream of money, The Sentry has found. Publicly availa...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 17:53hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged not use chrome
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has advised tobacco farmers living near water sources that are close to chrome washing and processing points to seek clea...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 07:17hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Early deep ploughing now a prerequisite for better yields, tobacco farmers urged
Mashonaland Central province senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to do early deep ploughing on the land and seedbed sites the...Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 06:48hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Side-marketing a big threat to tobacco contracting companies
With tobacco auction floors opening this week senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged all tobacco farmers who are contracted to honor their contr...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lake Gwayi-Shangani completion date unknown, might take decades
THE completion of Lake Gwayi-Shangani which might take ages will see Matabeleland South also benefiting from the project through increased land under irrigation as dams which are currently supplying B...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Completion of Lake Gwayi-Shangani to benefit Matebeleland South
THE completion of Lake Gwayi-Shangani will see Matebeleland South also benefiting from the project through increased land under irrigation as dams which are currently supplying Bulawayo with water wil...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco Stakeholders urged to come up with a pension scheme
Agronomy expert Lazarus Gatawa has urged stakeholders in the tobacco industry to consider putting in place a special pension scheme for tobacco farmers.Gatawa, who is a tobacco senior agronomi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:01hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe farmers advised to replant failed crops
DRY land farmers should consider replanting after their initial crop suffered from moisture stress due to the prolonged dry spell between November and December.Weather projections indicate tha...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
New firewood saving Tsotso stove introduced for tobacco farmers
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has introduced new technology of tsotso stove to small scale tobacco farmers in Chiweshe communal lands, Mashonaland Cent...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 07:00hrs | 22 | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda show days to increase
The Matabeleland South Agricultural Show Society has announced plans to extend the duration of the exhibition from three to four days in response to exhibitor feedback.According to Thabani Mkh...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Promote women and youths participation in tobacco production' - Gatawa
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco Industry players to empower more women and youths to venture into mainstream tobacco production. Gatawa said women and youths hav...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 18:53hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tobacco farmers urged to implement good agricultural practices (GAP)
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, in special reference to small scale growers who rely on rain fed to use good agricultural practices in order to enhance their producti...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:36hrs | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tobacco farmers urged to do reaping, curing processes correctly to ensure good leaf quality
Small-scale tobacco growers are being urged to take heed and cure the remaining crop properly to boost the quality factor and fetch higher average prices.Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa said,...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 15:03hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Agricultural Extension officers in Tobacco farming tipped
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Extension officers in tobacco production to use their skills in guiding farmers to improve their farming practices.He said the current tobacco season...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 17:22hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Agronomist publishes a Shona version Tobacco farming handbook
Farmers can now read the technical advice on Tobacco growing in shona and improve their farming practices. This is after a shona handbook entitled '...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 20:02hrs | 99 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MSD forecasts low rainfall, heat this week
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has projected relatively low rainfall activity and some heat this week and advised farmers to work closely with their local Agritex officers before they st...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Above normal rainfall forecast
Most parts of Southern Africa are expected to have normal to above-normal rainfall in the coming summer cropping season, especially the southern and central areas, which include Zimbabwe.The l...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets 3 million tonnes of maize
THE Government is targeting to produce 3 million tonnes of maize during the 2022/23 summer cropping season with preparations already underway.This comes as the Second Republic has made food se...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers to improve leaf quality
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, with special reference to small-scale farmers who now constitute more than 90% of active tobacco farmers in the country to upgrade their lea...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 08:07hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tobacco farmers urged to implement climate change proofing Agricultural practices
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to plan thoroughly and elevate their agricultural practices as mitigation measures to cou...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tobacco farmers warned
Zimbabwe's Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) said it was pushing for a legal instrument to deal with the side marketing of tobacco by farmers during the 2022 selling season.According...Published: 27 May 2022 at 13:23hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Maize farmers plead for a 50% USD payment
FARMERS are pleading with the Grain Marketing Board to raise to 50% United States dollar (USD) offer to maize farmers.Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) president Abdul Nyathi: "We welcome the...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland crops experience moisture stress
MOST crops in Matebeleland and Bulawayo provinces are wilting due to a prolonged dry spell that has affected the country in the past month.Matabeleland North provincial agronomist Zenzele Ndlo...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dry spell to continue in southern region
THE dry spell that is being experienced in the southern region of Zimbabwe is set to continue, according to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD).Farmers have already expressed concern ...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland in record wheat harvest
Wheat production has been rising fast in Zimbabwe and farmers in Matabeleland provinces are contributing immensely to a promising season.Across the country, wheat farmers have started harvesti...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's not yet rainy season'
FORMER principal agronomist Davison Masendeke has warned farmers to desist from planting, saying the rains that hit Bulawayo, Matabeleland and other parts of the country during the weekend did not mar...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Farmer sues Cairns Foods over defective potato seed
CAIRNS Foods Limited has been sued for US$46 000 after allegedly supplying a farmer contracted to produce potatoes with defective seed.Patrick Makuzwa has approached the High Court seeking an ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean young farmers lead the charge in agriculture
Agriculture in Zimbabwe is on an upswing and young people are the driving force. For example, the country is set to harvest 2.8 million tons of maize this year, triple the 2020 harvest, and making it ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 15:42hrs | 4 | by Audrey Simango
Govt approves dam construction
GOVERNMENT has approved construction of a dam outside Marondera, which is earmarked for horticultural purposes.The dam will be situated between the Churchhill and Sambok area and is expected t...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust director applies genetics to farming
MOST people know him as the director of the National University of Science and Technology's (Nust) Applied Genetics Testing Centre involved in DNA testing.Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini was among the f...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Broke Zanu-PF candidates slow down campaigns
A NUMBER of Zanu-PF candidates who are eyeing the vacant Marondera East constituency in Mashonaland East province have slowed down their campaigns after the party delayed announcing a date for the pri...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed State
OUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.Mr President, l address you on behalf of workers of Zimbabwe who are suffering and disillusioned.I also address you in my own capacity as a citiz...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Peter Mutasa
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Zimbabwe zumbani story
IT is my pleasure to tell our own Zimbabwean story about one of our local plants and its benefits.In my early years as a growing scientist, I realised that if I wanted to find out about our lo...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Michael Bhebhe
'Rainy season to end in March'
THE Meteorological Services Department has urged farmers to plant early maturing crops amid indications that the rainy season would end in March.Bulawayo provincial meteorological officer Chip...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armyworm outbreak hits Zimbabwe
An outbreak of the fall armyworm has been reported in various parts of the country with farmers being called upon to work with Agritex Officers to contain the devastating pests.Speaking during...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 16:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rains raise hopes of bumper harvest
LOCAL farmers have started the summer season at a blistering pace and have already planted more than 80 percent of the targeted hectarage of maize, laying the foundation for a bumper harvest in the co...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Young Farmer does wonders in 'dry' Matabeleland
Despite Matabeleland being a dry region characterised by low rainfall and recurrent droughts, 28-year-old Prosper Chikwara (28) has managed to produce wonders, landing the Best Young Farmer of the Yea...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:50hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF begins campaign for Marondera East seat
AT least five Zanu-PF candidates will contest the party's primary elections to be held soon to fill the Marondera East constituency seat that was left vacant following the death of Patrick Chidhakwa....Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NMB facilitates growth of agricultural exports
NMB Bank is keen to help promote agricultural exports, which is one of the reasons it is this year participating for the first time at the Agricultural Dealers' and Manufacturers' Association (ADMA) A...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Way forward on Zimbabwe situation
Zimbabwe to go forward we need to adhere to our "Constitution". We need press freedom, freedom of speech, rule of law (all citizens to respect rule of law without political affiliation), transparency,...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 22:34hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
Heatwave threatens to slash harvests in drought-hit Zimbabwe
Despite a dry year, Sazini Moyo's maize crop had been pushing up tassels and she anticipated a decent harvest -- until her farm outside Bulawayo sweltered through a record five-day heatwave in late Fe...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 16:53hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe economic revival: none but ourselves
"Government must create jobs for us, we want our hospitals to be top notch medical facilities, we want to eat what we want anytime, there is no bread on the shelves, all our roads should be tarred, ha...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:25hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Farmers urged to adapt to new technology
FARMERS have been urged to acquire adequate farming skills and knowledge that are relevant in order to increase productivity and the quality of their output so as to compete in export markets....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should start embracing agrobusiness as priority of turning around the economy
Agriculture have to be in the centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many ou...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
Israel's Desert Agriculture experience and technologies can help transform agriculture in Zimbabwe and Africa
Agriculture in Israel is a highly developed industry. Israel is a major exporter of fresh produce and a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite the fact that the geography of the country is ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 4 | by Enos Denhere
Impending drought: Farmers should plan carefully
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) report released on 28 August 2018 showed that from October to December (OND) 2018 and January to March (JMF) 2019 periods will be characterised by "normal ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 11:36hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
MDC Alliance's wish list
The MDC Alliance unveiled its manifesto last week with a promise to grow a $100 billion economy by 2028 should its candidate, Nelson Chamisa, prevail at the July 30 harmonised elections.The gr...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first agricultural investment platform
UK based Mitah Group Ltd owned by Zimbabwean born entrepreneur Mr Michael Matope launches www.Farmvest.biz . Farmvest.biz - is Zimbabwe's first Agricultural investment Platform, it aims revolutionize ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 17:29hrs | | by Agencies
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