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Grain supplies exceed 38.9 %
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has managed to exceedingly meet demand by 38,9 percent this festive season.In a statement, GMAZ chairperson, Dr Tafadzwa Musarara said the mill...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 11:17hrs | 762 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa under pressure
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now under pressure to declare a drought in Zimbabwe after almost the entire crop planted in the 2023/24 summer cropping season has been rendered a complete write-off, a...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 11:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets wheat exports as output rises
Zimbabwe is considering exporting surplus wheat to Mozambique from this year's anticipated harvest of 420 000 tonnes, well above the country's requirements of 360 000 tonnes a year.Last year, ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Resettled farmers thriving in Zimbabwe
Gondai Bangidza seems to have struck gold as a resettled farmer in Zimbabwe's eastern Manicaland province.He brags about hiring full-time employees and seasonal workers at his farm.Ban...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Locusts invade Chilonga
VILLAGERS in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi have said that their small grain crops have been ravaged by locusts, leaving very little to fall back on.This development adds to their woes after go...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
After that $3bn scandal, $2,8bn set aside for Command Agric
Government has earmarked $2,8 billion for Command Agriculture, which will extend the facility by another year and result in the planting of 210 000 hectares of maize and 30 000 hectares of soyabeans d...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Price of bread goes up
THE price of bread has gone up to RTGS$2,30 from RTGS$2 with millers saying the increase is not associated with the cost of flour as the price of the product has remained constant. Yesterday, ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Questions over AMA bills
ANALYSTS have raised concern over public debt sustainability after the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA), a wholly-owned State institution, announced it was issuing commercial bills of up to $75 ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acting Zimbabwe President cheats death, twice
ACTING PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday claimed that he cheated death twice when an aircraft in which he was a passenger failed to negotiate a stormy weather on his way to Beitbridge.Mohadi di...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Drought imminent in Lupane
The wet spell that has been experienced in most parts of the country over the last two weeks has not made much difference in the condition of the crops in Lupane, with communal farmers expressing conc...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government to pay $840 million to grain farmers
TREASURY is expected to pay farmers $840,45 million by year end for a record 2,15 million tonnes of grain delivered to the Grain Marketing Board, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinama...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
LIVE: Mugabe 'is our life president', says Zanu-PF youth chair
Get the latest details as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe kicks off a nationwide series of rallies to drum up support from youths ahead of the 2018 elections....Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 13:24hrs | 1 | by Online
'Pasi nemvongamvonga muparty' Mugabe speech - Fulltext
The following is a transcript of Zanu-PF President and First Secretary His Excellency Robert Gabriel Mugabe's speech to the Central Committee at the ongoing 15th National People's Conference yesterday...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 04:30hrs | 16 | by Robert Mugabe
Draft resolutions of Zanu-PF's 6th National People's Congress
Introduction The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) held its 6th National People's Congress in Harare, at the Robert Gabriel Muga...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 08:13hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Tobacco farmers should opt for other crops
On 14 October 2014 The NewsDay reported that the number of tobacco growers who registered for the 2015 agricultural season declined when compared to the number of farmers who registered last year ...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Shaky food security in Zimbabwe as more farmers turn to tobacco farming
The success story of tobacco farming in Zimbabwe can aptly be described as a heavily sugar coated pill; very sweet outside but bitter inside.Though lauded as one of the success stories of ...Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 07:35hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Chinese agric experts arrive in Zimbabwe
A 15-person Chinese delegation is in the country for feasibility study on possible areas of co-operation in agriculture. The delegation includes experts in grain crops, environment, agric...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Grain Marketing Board compromising farmers' operations: Made
THE Agriculture Minister, Dr Joseph Made, this week said delays by Treasury in releasing funds to Grain Marketing Board to clear a $6,1 million debt owed to farmers is having a debilitating effect on ...Published: 03 Jan 2014 at 04:42hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
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