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Livestock farmers bemoan delayed rains
Livestock farmers across Beitbridge district are voicing their concerns over the delayed start of the rainy season, which has disrupted grazing patterns and severely affected the health of their lives...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:35hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
'I've no plan, I'm now poor,' says ZANU-PF Councillor
Jostinah Ndondo, a ZANU-PF councillor for ward 18 in Insiza has failed to comprehend losing over one hundred and fifty-four cattle this year, describing the incident as greatest climatic betrayal in t...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1386 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Matabeleland South hard hit by livestock deaths
The El Niño-induced drought has severely impacted Matabeleland South province, leading to significant cattle deaths and economic losses for local households. A recent report by the 2024 Zimbabwe Live...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:51hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
9 million Zimbabweans food-insecure
The number of individuals requiring food assistance continues to escalate, with the government reporting that around nine million people are food insecure and in need of aid until March 2025. ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Only 22,2% urban households involved in urban agriculture
About 22.2% of households were involved in urban agriculture.This is revealed in the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2023 report which noted that therefore, the Government...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 24 | by Stephen Jakes
Nkayi Villagers cry for help
Villagers under Headman Manguni in Nkayi have requested urgent government assistance and help towards tackling challenges that have made life difficult for the people of Nkayi. Villagers r...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Matebeleland South bans private cattle sales
GWANDA Rural District working with the Department of Veterinary Services and the police has banned private cattle sales or door to door sales in the district to curb rustling.In a public notic...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 5 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to donate 2,25m road-runner chicks to 4 provinces
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to distribute 2,25 million four-week-old chicks to 225 000 households in Matabeleland North, South, the Midlands and Masvingo provinces in the next three years....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fight against tick-borne diseases intensifies
THE fight against tick-borne related diseases has been escalated following the launch of the national tick-borne disease control strategy and the refurbishment of a laboratory for the production...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's State of the Nation address
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation Address and officially opened the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday. He tackled a wide r...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Villagers lose cattle to livestock diseases
Most communal farmers in Chiweshe have lost cattle to a plethora of livestock diseases that have ravaged the area. Mashiri, Musonza, Chinehasha and Chideu Villages bore the brunt of the devastating bo...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:08hrs | | by Tondo Murisa Chinehasha
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 | 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 | 5 | by Audrey Simango
'Zimbabwe's retailers deserve a wage subsidy'
WHILE government was bullish in the midterm fiscal policy and revised upwards gross domestic product (GDP) growth projections for 2021 from 7,4% initially projected in November last year to 7,8%, grow...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tick-borne disease ravages livestock
SCORES of families in Masvingo province are losing their livestock daily due to an outbreak of a tick-borne disease suspected to be January disease or theileriosis.Villagers who spoke to Stand...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Do something to save the rural herd
The rural herd is on a terrible decline, cattle succumbing to a plethora of both known and unknown livestock diseases. Most cattle pens are now nearly empty, with some now home to only two or ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Tondo
70% of Zimbabwe's dip-tanks malfunctional
AUDITOR-GENERAL Mildred Chiri has revealed that 70,77% of the country's cattle dip-tanks are dilapidated and need rehabilitation if livestock diseases are to be effectively curbed.Chiri reveal...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attends Zimbabwe International Research Symposium
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is attending the 12th Zimbabwe International Research Symposium which has been running for the last two days.It is being attended by various schools across the cou...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe faces prospect of a drought'
ZIMBABWE'S crop and livestock production will be negatively affected by delays in rainfall being experienced in the 2018/19 season, a food security report by the United States Agency for International...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 07:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Climate change to affect insurance business - Maguwu
The gradual increase in global temperatures and other climate change associated hazards will affect insurance business if the phenomena continues unmitigated, Farai Maguwu has said.Addressing ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 14:10hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga goes down memory lane
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is back on his feet and yesterday attended a prayer meeting at his rural home in Hwedza where he took people down memory lane explaining how he joined the liberatio...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa should bring resilience building to the front burner
Southern Africa needs to shift focus from short-term, mainly emergency interventions, to medium-term and long-term interventions for sustainable building of household, community and organizational res...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 08:58hrs | 10 | by Leonard Makombe
Fencing off farms now mandatory
Government has come up with a new policy that compels A1 and A2 farmers, as well as other beneficiaries of the land reform programme to fence off their properties to curb the wanton spread of livestoc...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cash crisis biggest headache in Zimbabwe
THE prevailing cash challenges are the major problem affecting rural households in the country, the latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) report has said.The 2017 Rural L...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggling to contain livestock diseases
GOVERNMENT is struggling to mobilise adequate resources to contain livestock diseases such as foot-and-mouth (FMD), which it needs to eradicate to be allowed to export beef to the European Union (EU),...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3 | 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 | 1 | by FAO
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 | 7 | by FAO
Farmers accused of stealing Mugabe's cattle
ZANU-PF'S suspended Manicaland chairman Mike Madiro should not be on trial accused of stock theft, his lawyer said on Tuesday as he pointed an accusing finger at a Chipinge farmer who sold 10 cows to ...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 03:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains kill cattle in Matabeleland South
VETERINARY officials in Matabeleland South say the recent heavy rains recorded in the province have resulted in the death of more livestock.Provincial chief livestock specialist Simangaliphi ...Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dipping chemicals are adequate, govt assures communal farmer
Government has assured communal farmers that it has adequate dipping chemicals for livestock across the country but however says commercial farmers are expected to embark on their own programmes....Published: 31 Dec 2011 at 08:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Farmers urged to vaccinate livestock
The Division of Veterinary Field Services says it is putting in place mechanisms to reduce the impact of livestock diseases such as black leg and anthrax as the rainy season approaches, the ZBC News r...Published: 02 Nov 2011 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim farmers urged to pay dipping levy
The Zimbabwe Department of Veterinary Services says farmers should pay dipping levies to enable the department procure chemicals and maintenance of dipping tanks.This will help prevent the sp...Published: 03 Jun 2011 at 04:18hrs | 2 | by Mafu Sithabile
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