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Region to get more rains in next 3 weeks
The Southern African rainfall forecast for December-February has experts predicting normal to above normal rainfall for the next three weeks.The experts have said there will be need for farmer...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland gets Intwasa inputs
FARMERS in Matabeleland are geared for the summer cropping season following the delivery of agricultural inputs for the 2022/2023 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, p...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Pfumvudza inputs ready
Inputs for smallholder farmers under the Presidential Climate-Proofed Agriculture Programme or Pfumvudza/Intwasa have started being dispatched to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots countrywide, with f...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cloud seeding starts as crops suffer growing moisture stress
THE Meteorological Services Department has commenced cloud-seeding in order to encourage rainfall after crops, especially late-planted crops, are showing signs of growing moisture stress due to a prol...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rain at last!
BULAWAYO and some parts of Matabeleland yesterday received rains after a prolonged dry spell that was experienced in most parts of the country.Victoria Falls, Hwange and Binga are some of the ...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmers fret over dry spell
Farmers are becoming very worried as the dry spell continues with crops showing signs of moisture stress and a lot could depend on supplementary irrigation to ensure reasonable harvests.It has...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo urban farmers to get agric inputs
A TOTAL of 20 000 urban farmers in Bulawayo metropolitan province are set to receive agricultural inputs for the 2021/2022 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, popularl...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMB deliveries surpass targets
THE Government said the 2021 traditional grains production has improved remarkably and some crops exceeded the highest ever tonnage since independence.Addressing journalists during a Post Cabi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Another bumper agric season beckons
Normal to above normal rainfall is most likely during the next summer rains over most of SADC region, according to a seasonal forecast from the 25th Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SA...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crop hectarage increases by 23%
Farmers planted different crops on over 3,4 million hectares in the 2020/2021 agricultural season, driven by a good rainfall forecast, early distribution of inputs and capacitation of extension worker...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chirumanzi DDC faces suspension over food inputs
District Development Coordinator (DDC) for Chirumanzi Vafias Hlabati was suspended from his duties over alleged abuse of government food aid and inputs yesterday.He is alleged to have diverted...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Matebeleland South under armyworm attack
FARMERS in Matabeleland South fear a reduced harvest following an outbreak of the fall armyworm that is causing massive damage to crops especially the late planted ones. The fall armyworm has ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge poised for bumper harvest
BEITBRIDGE, which is one of Zimbabwe's most arid districts that has been often supported with food aid, is this year poised for a bumper harvest.The district is in agro-ecological region five,...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More floods predicted
THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is on standby for evacuations in flood prone areas of the country after the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) warned that tropical cyclones and serious floods rem...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | | 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 | 4 | 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
Mnangagwa's security related ministries to gobble $61 billion
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube Thursday allocated a combined $61.4 billion towards the three key security ministries while allocating just 5 kilogrammes of maize seed for poor and vulnerable households...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
732 000 farmers receive inputs
MORE than 732 000 households have received seed under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) intensifies distribution of inputs ahead of the November 15 dead...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drought looms in Beitbridge
A drought is looming in Beitbridge District where crops have started wilting due to moisture stress while others have been destroyed by the fall army worm. It is also understood that the district has ...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs $171 million to deal with rural food shortages
More than two million Zimbabweans may need support to buy food between January and March 2019, according to a report released Tuesday by the government and the World Food Programme."Fall armyw...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 10:33hrs | | by Bloomberg
National wisdom, honest optimism can rescue Zimbabwe
FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is almost November again. Are you getting this novemberish sense of déjà vu? Remember November 2017? It was the best of times and the worst of times.This November, pro...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Brian Kagoro
Zim faces maize output shortfall
Zimbabwe will face a shortfall in maize output in the current 2017/18 season on the back of erratic weather conditions with the hole expected to be plugged by carryover stocks from last season, the Fa...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
United States works with 350,000 Zimbabwean farmers to tackle dangerous pest targeting maize crop
In 2016, an invasive crop pest called the fall armyworm was first confirmed in Africa. Native to the Americas, fall armyworm can feed on 80 different crop species, including maize, a staple food consu...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Poor rains, fall armyworm leaves Southern Africa vulnerable
Harare - Prolonged dry spells, erratic rainfall, high temperatures and the presence of the voracious fall armyworm have significantly dampened Southern Africa's current agricultural season's cereal pr...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 10:59hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe now free from Avian flu
Zimbabwe is now free from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) that hit the country between May and August last year. The disease killed one million chickens in South Africa and Zimbabwe....Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 01:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Crop situation gets dire
Erratic rains and high temperatures being experienced countrywide have resulted in crops wilting, with farmers in some areas already counting losses as their maize is now a write off.The worst...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call for increased funding for fall armyworm response
The Southern Africa fall armyworm stakeholders' meeting has ended with a call for increased investment and stronger coordination and partnerships in responding to the pest.The meeting was orga...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reorter
Avian influenza is in Southern Africa, concerted regional approach required to manage it
The first ever confirmation of outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in southern Africa (so far reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, in that or...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 12:32hrs | | by Chimimba David Phiri and Moetapele Letshwenyo
Command Agric harvesting starts
FIRST it was the good rains, then good support from Government and now the final good news - the summer crop is ready and on its way to the granaries.Harvesting of the summer crop has ...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Southern Zimbabwe faces food crisis
PARTS of southern Zimbabwe could experience food shortages in the wake of cyclone Dineo whose downpour caused floods in the region, resulting in crop fields being either washed away or swamped....Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Siltation of Gwayi-Shangani dam threatens agriculture expansion in Lupane
/SILTATION of Gwayi-Shangani Dam is threatening agriculture expansion at Arda Jotsholo in Lupane District as water harvesting measures are being undermined.A visit last week to the Arda Jotsho...Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe to be hit hardest by armyworm outbreak'
Zimbabwe is likely to be the country hardest hit by an outbreak of armyworms that is destroying crops and threatening food security in southern Africa, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday....Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe faces locust invasion
Zimbabwe faces a red locust invasion which further threatens maize and wheat yields as the country battles to control fall army worm that has ravaged crops. The red locusts are aggressive and ...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drones, the way to go in disaster management
The initiative by the government to introduce drones for border post patrolling is a development long overdue and welcome for different schemes. Recently articles were published on porous bord...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 19:26hrs | | by Tatenda Gono
Southern and Eastern Africa Regional Technical Meeting on Emerging High Impact Trans boundary Crop Pests and Animal Disease
The Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Zimbabwe – represented here by the Permanent Secretary Ringsong Chitsiko.Representatives from the Southern...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 10:12hrs | | by Dr. David Phiri - FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for Southern Africa
Emergency conference on fall armyworm
Cereal crop-eating caterpillars have infested maize fields in Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. While pest identification is still being awaited in some countri...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 10:18hrs | | by FAO
Fall armyworm outbreak cause havoc
MIDLANDS Province has been hit by an outbreak of armyworm which is ravaging the crop amid reports that there is a shortage of insecticide to control the pests.Most farmers have resorted to...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
US armyworm 'threatens Zimbabwean farmers' livelihoods'
Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa.The fall armyworm poses a major threat to food security...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 12:39hrs | | by BBC
Fall armyworm outbreak a blow to prospects of recovery for southern Africa
New pest poses novel threat to region reeling from effects of consecutive droughts Harare - A fall armyworm out...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by FAO
Zimbabwe poised for good harvest
GOVERNMENT has embarked on the first round of the crop and livestock assessment survey in a bid to establish the state of food plants and domestic animals countrywide.The Sunday Mail has g...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept seeks funds for cloud seeding
The Meteorological Services Department says Government should urgently release over $200 000 for cloud seeding during February and March as thousands of hectares of crops are under threat from a dry s...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 15:19hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Armyworm outbreak in Mashonaland Central
AN armyworm outbreak has been reported in Mbire and Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central Province, where the pest is reported to have destroyed at least 26 hectares of sorghum and pastures.The pe...Published: 30 Dec 2014 at 08:19hrs | | by Petros Zivengwa
Armyworm outbreak hit Midlands and Matabeleland South
The Agritex Plant Protection Unit says it has managed to contain the spread of armyworm although there are some areas such as the Midlands and Matabeleland South where the outbreak is yet to be contro...Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Traditional leaders refuse to have fields sprayed to control the armyworm
TRADITIONAL leaders in some parts of Matabeleland South Province refuse to have their fields sprayed to control the armyworm, an official said yesterday. In an interview, the Matabeleland So...Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 05:05hrs | | by Gwanda Correspondent
Extensive army-worm outbreak looms
Zimbabwe should brace for an extensive armyworm outbreak this farming season following the significant rainfall the country has received, an official has said.In an interview last week, Plant ...Published: 30 Dec 2012 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warning: Armyworm outbreak in Chegutu district!
An armyworm outbreak in Chegutu district has destroyed more than 500 hectares of crops and pastures with nearly 10 hectares of maize now a write off.The leaf-eating worms were first discovered...Published: 21 Dec 2011 at 22:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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