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Zimbabwe's gold output surges 33%
Zimbabwe's gold production surged by 33 percent in the third quarter of 2024, with output rising to 10.3 tonnes, compared to 7.7 tonnes in the previous quarter, according to official data from Fidelit...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Seed Co sues contract farmer US$270,700
Seed Co Limited has emerged victorious in its legal pursuit against soya bean farmer Christian Falkenberg, successfully recovering US$274,768 after he failed to fulfill the terms of their crop financi...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:50hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
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
Chiwenga launches tobacco marketing season
VICE President General Retired Dr Constantino Chiwenga today officially launched the tobacco marketing season in Harare.Ministry of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting S...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 14:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets new record of planted winter wheat hectares
ZIMBABWE has this year set a new record of planted winter wheat hectares and farmers have been exempt from electricity load shedding, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica M...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Exclusive USD pricing illegal'
PRICING of goods exclusively in US dollars remains completely illegal and businesses not accepting local currency payments for every product should stop the illegal practice forthwith or risk having t...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 protocols remain in force
Cabinet received an update on the country's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by chairman of the Ministers' National Committee, Vice President and M...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Defaulting farmers to lose offer letters
Farmers who did not sell their maize to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) or those that default on repayment of loans advanced to the them under the National Enhanced Agriculture Productivity Scheme (NE...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Millers to buy 1m tonnes of maize
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says its members are planning to procure close to one million tonnes of grain from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) this year."We are keen to go...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
National database for all farmers created
A comprehensive national database for all farmers, which will form the foundation of an enhanced Agriculture Information Management System (AIMS), is being set up by the Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries,...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's minerals revenue hits US$2 billion
MINerAL revenues reached US$1,95 billion at the end of October this year, beating a projected US$1,52 billion target set by the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), official statistics s...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena warns Cottco
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP (Zanu PF) and chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has warned the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe against dabbling in politics at the expense of...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to realign Stop Order Act
GOVERNMENT has been urged to revisit the Farmers Stop Order Act, in order to protect contractors and all financial institutions against small scale tobacco farmers who are side-marketing their crops....Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Poisoned' Mnangagwa in no-show
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in a no show at a key agriculture meeting and was instead represented by the Minister of State in his office Clifford Sibanda.There was heightened curiosi...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt deploys soldiers to supervise harvesting of maize
HARARE - Government has deployed soldiers to supervise the harvesting of maize produced under the Command Agriculture programme in a bid to prevent side-marketing of the crop.The move is also ...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's ally calls for unity, discipline
Gokwe Nembudziya National Assembly member Justice Mayor Wadyajena has urged Zanu-PF cadres to be disciplined and united to ensure the revolutionary party wins next year's harmonised elections. ...Published: 31 May 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers should seriously consider insuring their crop
Due to the possibility of fire and natural disasters like hailstorms and tropical cyclones, agriculture can be a risky enterprise, making it imperative for the farmer to have insurance covers to hedge...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 19:40hrs | | by Tendai Guta
Tobacco farmers should insure their crop
Due to the possibility of fire and natural disasters, agriculture can be a risky enterprise, making it imperative for the farmer to have insurance covers to hedge themselves against total loss....Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 14:35hrs | | by Tendai Guta
Two in court for crop side-marketing
A 38-year-old tobacco contract farmer will perform 210 hours of community service after a Karoi magistrate found him guilty of side marketing his crop last week.Magistrate Mr Obidience Matare ...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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