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Milk Production increases to 74,96 Million litres
The latest figures from the Ministry of Lands Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development's dairy services show that milk Production as of the end of the year 2022 increased by 14%.In ...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 14:29hrs | 177 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges varsities to provide solutions to problems
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged universities and institutions of higher learning to use their knowledge to offer solutions to problems bedevilling the country.He said universities and i...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Deal set to increase raw milk production
ZIMBABWE'S biggest dairy products manufacturer, Dairibord will only feel the impact of a grand cattle deal signed with platinum miner, Zimplats and Palmine after 12 months, analysts at IH Securities s...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dairibord, Dendairy merger crumbles
MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR historic merger between the country's largest and second largest milk processor by market share Dairibord Holdings Limited, and Kweke-based Dendairy has crumbled, one of the parti...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
ED launches a 120 million litres milk production project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a milk production project which will see about 120 million litres of milk being produced per year.This was revealed by the Permanent Secretary in the ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 14:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa launches multi-million dollar cattle project today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today launch a US$15 million cattle ranching project in Mhondoro that is part of the country's efforts to boost the national herd as part of the Livestock Growth Plan, which s...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records $9,8bn budget surplus
ZIMBABWE recorded a budget surplus amounting to $9,8 billion in the first quarter of 2021 on the back of continued fiscal consolidation measures and sustained macro-economic stability, Finance and Eco...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Milk shortages hit Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been hit by a serious milk shortage, with dairy farmers citing viability challenges emanating from poor producer prices, it has emerged. Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chair...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Free tick grease scheme
THE tick grease programme launched last year under the Presidential Inputs Scheme to benefit one million households seems to be going on well, with many farmers collecting their share. But this noble ...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi New Year message
New Year Greetings to all!As we leave the year 2020 behind and begin a new year journey in our struggle for freedom in Mthwakazi, it is important to reflect and highlight the obstacles that we...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:39hrs | 18 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwean dairy products a hit in Zambia
ZIMBABWEAN dairy farmers should strive to ensure they maintain their genetically modified organisms (GMO)-free status which has seen their products in demand in regional markets.Veterinary Ser...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banks shun Zimbabwe's dairy sector
FINANCIAL institutions are reluctant to advance loans to dairy farmers due to viability challenges afflicting the sector, government has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Starvation to hit Zimbabwe
Food security is a matter of strategic national importance. Issues of food security affect us all regardless of colour, Creed and political affiliation. The issue of food security caused migrati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 09:42hrs | 3326 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mugabe, Mutsvangwa farms switched off
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, last week disconnected power supplies to farms belonging to former president Robert Mugabe and In...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2633 | by Staff reporter
Powercuts hamper milk production
THE rolling power outages in the country have hit milk production hard, businessdigest has learnt.Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chairperson Kudzai Chirima said the power outages...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Belarus to set up state-of-the-art dairy facility in Zimbabwe
BELARUS has set sights on establishing a state-of-the-art dairy facility in Zimbabwe as part of efforts to improve milk production in the country.Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural R...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:48hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa creates over 20 000 jobs
OVER 20 000 new jobs have been created in the agriculture sector, with at least another 10 000 people becoming newly employed in mining, as the economic turnaround masterminded by President Emmerson M...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:07hrs | 2410 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF urged to focus on fixing economic challenges
THE ongoing Zanu-PF national conference must give the party a chance to realign its energies into coherence and come up with responsive strategies to arrest the obtaining economic challenges.T...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa creates 800 000 jobs
The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has revealed that 800 000 jobs have been created under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership. Here below is a sector by s...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 13:09hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt launches Command Dairy
THE dairy sector is set for a massive revitalisation after Government launched the National Command Dairy programme at Sangano Cooperative Dairy in Makoni last week. Speaking during the launch...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rosy outlook for Mugabe firm
While former President Robert Mugabe might have been ousted from power, his dairy firm is flourishing behind the scenes, recording an increase in capacity utilisation.Mugabe, the only leader Z...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
'Mugabe will be treated just like anyone,' says Khaya Moyo
Former president Robert Mugabe, who allegedly seized 21 commercial farms during his reign, faces the spectre of losing 20 of those farms as the new administration moves to recover property reportedly ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 13:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government to downsize farm sizes
GOVERNMENT is continuing to reduce farm sizes and redistributing land to curb multiple farm ownership and ensure maximum utilisation of land to enhance productivity.In an interview, the Minist...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expulsion, the implications for Zimbabwe
Mao Tse-Tung or more popularly known as Chairman Mao, the founding father of the People's republic of China, ruled as chairman of the Communist party of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. His fo...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 15:10hrs | 27068 | by Lloyd Msipa
Minister threatens Zimbabwe's white dairy farmers
DEPUTY Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Paddy Zhanda has warned remaining white dairy farmers working against national programmes that they risk being kicked out for a...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nestlé Zimbabwe: It's back to serious business
Nestlé Zimbabwe is back to serious business. The giant Swiss firm is not looking back on meeting the satisfaction of its market. At a time other companies are whining about a harsh economic environme...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 18:21hrs | 1412 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Foot rot disease in cattle
HEAVY rains received this year came with a number of challenges for livestock farmers especially as it relates to diseases.The disease prevalence and morbidity as well as mortality tend to...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Milk production on the rise
Zimbabwe's dairy industry recorded a 12 % growth in 2016 as milk production increased to 65 million litres compared to 58 million litters recorded in 2015.The development comes in the wa...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 07:11hrs | 407 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to stop grain imports after March
THE Government expects the 2016/17 agricultural season to exceed the initial projected output target in view of the promising crop and the continuing good rains.In view of progress made so...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's SONA address - Fulltext
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, COMRADE RG MUGABE, TUESDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2016.Madame Presi...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 04:54hrs | 1583 | by Roberg G Mugabe
Farm take over sparks resistance from villagers
The recent take over of a white-owned farm on the outskirts of Masvingo city by new Zanu-PF provincial chairman Ezra Chadzamira has sparked resistance from villagers in the area.Chadzamira was...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 05:33hrs | 1588 | by George Maponga
Dairy industry records 8% growth
Zimbabwe is set to record an eight percent increase in milk production this year, a development expected to bring good tidings to the dairy industry. Speaking during the official launch of...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yoghurts, cheese key to ZimAsset - Cain Mathema
The processing of raw milk into yoghurts, cheese and dairy juices is vital to the country's economic blueprint - ZIMASSET, a minister has said.Matabeleland North minister of State Cain Mathema...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 15:06hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
White farmers and the whole country alike, under siege from Mugabe's Office
This week one of the few remaining white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe, David Connolly (DC), owner of Centenary Farm, about 30km from Bulawayo was tracked down. Itai Mushekwe (IM), discusses with him...Published: 10 May 2015 at 09:20hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Zimbabwe to import 5000 heifers
DAIRY farmers in Zimbabwe are planning to import close to 5 000 heifers over a three year period to boost milk production after the national herd was decimated by disease outbreaks and farm uphe...Published: 06 Mar 2015 at 09:17hrs | 3369 | by Thobekile Zhou
Gushungo Dairy to start ice cream and chocolate production
Grace Mugabe's Alpha Omega Dairy is expecting to increase its milk production 22 000 to 40 000 litres per day by year-end through rebreeding and exporting of high breed heifers and expects to start ic...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 16:34hrs | 3102 | by Staff reporter
Zim milk production improves
THE country's milk production has improved after a drop in January and February, recording a two percent increase in March as compared to the same period last year, the Dairy Services Unit has said....Published: 13 Apr 2014 at 07:45hrs | 1581 | by Dumisani Nsingo and Roberta Katunga
Gov told to consider introducing 25% levy on milk imports
The Government should consider introducing a 25 percent levy on milk imports to protect the local dairy sector, an industry player said on Friday. Zimbabwe consumes at least 10 million litres ...Published: 04 Dec 2013 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dairibord seeks to replace outdated milk machine
Dairibord will spend $600 000 to procure a new ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk machine from Finland, which is expected to boost production capacity.Dairibord COO Themba Mutsvairo told an inv...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 07:49hrs | | by Financial Express
ZSE: Industrials scratches out gains at week's end
ZSE's Industrials ended the holiday shortened week In the positive territory helped largely by gains in Econet, Innscor and OK Zimbabwe.The Industrials Index...Published: 03 May 2013 at 10:34hrs | | by Business reporter
ZSE:- Industrials scratches out modest gains at week's end
ZSE's Industrials managed modest gains at week's end as gains in Delta and Innscor outweighed losses in ...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 12:16hrs | | by Business reporter
Dairibord to import at least 250 heifers
DAIRIBORD Zimbabwe is targeting to import at least 250 heifers this year for distribution to farmers as part of efforts to increase milk production in the country.Dairibord introduced the sche...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 04:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe improves on raw milk production
Raw milk production in Zimbabwe increased slightly in the first two months of the year compared to the same period last year as most farmers intensified operations while new ones joined the industry....Published: 02 Apr 2013 at 11:34hrs | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Dairibord rationalising its operations to make the group leaner
Dairibord will focus on rationalisation of operations, group chief executive Anthony Mandiwanza told an analyst briefing yesterday."The rationalisation of operations which we intend to undert...Published: 22 Mar 2013 at 07:04hrs | 2612 | by Business reporter
Drought predicted as Zimbabwe expects to have huge maize deficit
ZIMBABWE is expecting to harvest one million tonnes of maize from the 2011/12 summer cropping season.This will leave the country with a deficit of nearly a million tonnes that will be covered ...Published: 13 Apr 2012 at 04:52hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe No Longer Has Friends, His Intellectuals Are Misfiring
A report yesterday in which Jonathan Moyo reportedly told the South African Minister of International Co-operation, Mai...Published: 07 Mar 2012 at 13:17hrs | | by Makusha Mugabe | A Zimbabwean Journalist
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