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Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government has so far recovered $47,7 million from the loans it issued under the Command Agriculture Revolving Fund, which translates to 66 percent of its target of $72 million.
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Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Farmers contracted under the Special Maize Import Substitution Programme, commonly known as Command Agriculture, have so far repaid $67 million towards settling the cost of inputs availed to them under the scheme, Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
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Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries should take serious note of the regional weather outlook for the 2017-18 season released by the body’s Climate Services Centre (CSC) at a recent climate forum in Botswana.
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Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter President Mugabe has said Command Agriculture introduced by Government last season has achieved its intended purpose of stimulating economic growth, as it helped boost food production.
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Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter— At least 45 000 farmers have registered for maize and soya bean production under Command Agriculture programme as preparations for the 2017/2018 summer cropping season gather momentum.
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Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The Command Agriculture stand has become one of the popular places at the on-going Harare Agricultural Show with farmers visiting in large numbers to learn about the programme, get advice and expertise on farming.
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The announcement this week that Sakunda will partner Government in a $68 million investment in irrigation is a good example of how the private sector can effectively contribute to economic development.
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Collen Murahwa Herald Reporter— Defence Minister Dr Sydney Sekeramayi has hailed Government’s Special Maize Programme for Import Substitution, also known as Command Agriculture, as a major success while imploring Cabinet ministers to speak with one voice on policy matters. In apparent reference to policy inconsistency
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THE Command Agriculture Programme, which started last season with maize production, has now shifted to winter wheat, with hundreds of farmers having planted the crop.
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From Walter Nyamukondiwa in KADOMA— Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged the police to arrest corrupt elements like middlemen and officials abusing the Command Agriculture programme. VP Mnangagwa said the police should enforce Statutory Instrument 79, which was gazetted recently and arrest opportunists profiteering from
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Sydney Kawadza Senior Reporter STAKEHOLDERS have dismissed reports that Government efforts to subsidise maize productivity through programmes such as Command Agriculture could increase the budget deficit by $120 million.
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Conrad Mwanawashe Business Reporter AGRO processors may be forced to rethink their commitment to channel $200 million towards the purchase of 800 000 tonnes of maize under Command Agriculture if the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa declines to defer mandatory food fortification.
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Walter Nyamukondiwa and Sydney Kawadza— Government has mobilised $600 million to fund Command Agriculture and the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme in the next summer cropping season, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed. Addressing farmers and Government officials during a tour of Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots in
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Nyemudzai Kakore Herald Correspondent Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo must be dismissed from Zanu-PF and Government for his unbecoming behaviour, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) said yesterday.
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Felex Share Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT will this week dispatch teams to audit usage of Command Agriculture inputs countrywide, as it emerged yesterday that the programme’s financier, Sakunda Holdings, paid duty for fuel used in the project.
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