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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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Agricultural Extension officers in Tobacco farming tipped
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Extension officers in tobacco production to use their skills in guiding farmers to improve their farming practices.He said the current tobacco season...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 17:22hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Causes of food inflation in Zimbabwe
The World Bank recently released a report of the countries hardest hit by food inflation in the world. Zimbabwe tops that list with food inflation of 353% in the month of August 2022, beating Lebanon ...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:11hrs | 21 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa's govt targets 3 million tonnes of maize
THE Government is targeting to produce 3 million tonnes of maize during the 2022/23 summer cropping season with preparations already underway.This comes as the Second Republic has made food se...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers to improve leaf quality
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, with special reference to small-scale farmers who now constitute more than 90% of active tobacco farmers in the country to upgrade their lea...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 08:07hrs | 55 | by Simbarashe Sithole
80-year Mtshabezi dream comes to life
MTSHABEZI Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, had been a pipe dream for over 80 years, but is now up and running, as has become the norm under the Second Republic.Last ye...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deputy minister in GMB theft scandal
DEPUTY Agriculture minister Douglas Karoro is embroiled in a scandal involving the alleged theft of a huge consignment of fertiliser from Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot at Mushumbi in Mbire....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister sucked in fertiliser scam
Lands deputy minister and Mbire Member of Parliament, Douglas Karoro, has been implicated in a presidential inputs scam after allegedly acquiring fertiliser from the government programme under the gui...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
52% of national dams spilling
Dams continue to fill up as rains fall, with more than half of all national dams, the tier that includes all the larger dams, now spilling and others coming up to the full marker, reports the Zimbabwe...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 15 | by Staff reporter
Enough inputs for 2021 season
Seed and fertiliser firms have ramped up production to meet demand for inputs for the forthcoming summer cropping season in State-assisted programmes and the commercial sector, with farmers urged to b...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean agriculture recovery in motion
ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:43hrs | 3 | by Dr John Basera
55 000t fertiliser on the way
UP to 55 000 tonnes of top dressing fertiliser have been imported, while resources have also been set aside to ensure accelerated imports of fertiliser to avert local shortages and ensure summer crops...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DDF tills fields in Matebeleland North
A 79-YEAR-OLD frail looking woman sheds tears of joy as she watches three tractors ploughing her one-hectare piece of land in Mahlabathini Village, Inyathi Matabeleland North. A widow, Mrs Pau...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 4 | by Blessings Chidakwa
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
All on course for agric season
MORE than 500 000 farmers registered under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme have already received inputs for the forthcoming summer cropping season as the Government ramps up preparation...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube widens tax-free threshold
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has reviewed upwards the tax-free threshold by 100 percent from $350 to $700, with immediate effect, in an effort to increase workers' ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages gnaws Zimbabwe's fertilizer industry
ZIMBABWE'S fertilizer industry says it is constrained by forex shortages, but it still has the capacity to produce enough to meet the country's demand this year and export excess production.Zi...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Presidential Inputs sold in Zambia
UNSCRUPULOUS individuals in Binga District, Matabeleland North Province are allegedly crossing the Zambezi River to sell in Zambia farming inputs they received under the Presidential Inputs Scheme....Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pampers ZCC for voting him into power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rewarded one of the biggest indigenous churches, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), with a tractor and other agricultural inputs for overwhelmingly voting for him and hi...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'good times will soon roll'
President Mnangagwa yesterday exhorted Zimbabweans to unite and remain strong in the face of prevailing economic difficulties saying the challenges confronting the country will soon be overcome, pavin...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Inputs distribution underway
The agricultural inputs distribution programme for this year is in full swing as Government moves to ensure that farmers receive necessary support on time for a successful farming season. ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Perence Shiri takes a swipe at agricultural authority
Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Perence Shiri, has taken a swipe at the Agricultural and Marketing Authority for weak regulatory enforcement in cotton marketing, warning drastic ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa descends on Matebeleland South
President Mnangagwa tomorrow descends on Matebeleland South province where he will address a rally at Pelandaba Stadium in Gwanda. This is part of the President's tour of all the country's pro...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to reopen closed companies
President Mnangagwa has said reopening closed companies and ensuring they contribute significantly to the economy is his Government's top priority.He has set a target to turn Zimbabwe into a m...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to deal with price hikers
The Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday set up an ad-hoc committee to deal with wanton price increases for basic commodities in the past three months, with President Mnangagwa warning unscrupulous businesspeo...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government urged to fast track fertiliser distribution
Government has been urged to urgently distribute top dressing fertilisers under command agriculture to farmers who have an early crop as some of the maize fields are now passing the top dressing stage...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 11:29hrs | 4 | 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
Mnangagwa's $500 millions scheme raises eyebrows
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's much trumpeted $500 million command agriculture scheme is a monumental failure and could leave the government saddled with debts running into millions, data mad...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's command agriculture in a mess, officials
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's fronted $500 million command agriculture scheme is in a mess and on the verge of sinking government in debts running into millions, the Stan...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to invest $150 million in the agriculture sector
Zimbabwe is moving to ban the import of farm produce as it looks at investing close to $150 million in the agriculture sector, Agriculture minister Joseph Made said.Giving an update on the...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Early crops to be affected by incessant rains
EARLY crops in light and clay soils are likely to be affected by the incessant rains that the country has been receiving with some plants already showing signs of yellowing and rotting due to wate...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of fertiliser
Zimbabwe has run out of top dressing fertiliser (ammonium nitrate) as manufacturers are failing to access adequate foreign currency to import the essential raw materials. This has left tho...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Politburo in crunch meeting
Zanu-PF began its 16th Annual National People's Conference with a crunch Politburo meeting in Harare yesterday, which discussed pertinent socio-economic issues affecting the country and the party....Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T needs a bonded coalition with all Zimbabweans to win elections -Analyst
A Political commentator Jackson Muzivi has said the MDC-T needs a bonded coalition with all Zimbabweans to win elections."Every political formation is born out of the common belief among its s...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 05:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 1 | by Elita Chikwati
Zimbabwe farmers predict bumper harvest
THE country is likely to achieve an improved yield this year despite the torrential rainfall which has flooded some regions in the country, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) has said....Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 16:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim to record good yields
The Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) says it is optimistic that the nation will record good yields due to the reasonable amount of rainfall that has been received in the country.The confidence exp...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 11:39hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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