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Blessing Rwizi Mutare Correspondent FARMERS should extend their planting activities to mid-January as rainfall patterns are continuously changing and getting more unpredictable, former Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made said recently.
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Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi Cotton farmers have appealed to Government to increase inputs support extended under the Presidential Input Support Scheme to boost production of the crop that has potential to earn the country millions of dollars in hard currency. The appeal comes as Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made has already ordered […]
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Stephen Mpofu Correspondent The Government’s increasing focus on rural development is an exciting paradigm shift from the colonial legacy which saw an unremitting fattening by white rulers of an already obese consumer urban set-up while the sticks – a white racist mental lexemic description of Zimbabwe’s rural areas – growing poorer and poorer at the same […]
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Livingstone Marufu AGRIBANK has invested over $2,1 million into irrigation infrastructure across the country in an effort to improve agriculture productivity and casting the food security net wider. The development is set to increase the size of irrigable land as the country moves to produce all crops all year round and combat against drought related hunger.
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Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZI Government has secured knapsack sprayers that will be distributed to smallholder farmers in an attempt to fight the risk which might be caused by the fall armyworm this season. This development comes after chiefs told President Mugabe when he attended their annual meeting in Bulawayo last week that their subjects almost lost […]
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Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi Government will no longer issue import permits for horticultural products as a measure to promote the growth of the sector and save foreign currency, a Cabinet minister has said. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made said President Mugabe had directed him to ensure that rice production was also promoted across […]
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Business Reporter Government has suspended a moratorium banning the importation of soyabean into the country in an effort to ensure reliable supply of edible oil in the country, oil producers have confirmed.
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Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau— Government has directed the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to immediately activate satellite collection points to mop up the remaining grain as the Strategic Grain Reserve has hit a million tonnes.
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Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter ANNUAL demand for maize seed in Zimbabwe has increased 50 percent to 37 500 tonnes compared to 25 000 tonnes that was required prior the land redistribution programme in year 2000, while seed producers can now export the surplus.
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Talent Hwari and Audrey Rundofa Government yesterday launched the National Domestication of the COMESA Harmonised Seed Regulations to provide support towards improvement of regional seed and food security.
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Jeffrey Gogo and Martin Kadzere AGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made has threatened to bring all cotton marketing activities under Government control to prevent smuggling and side marketing by private firms, accused of causing disorderly marketing.
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Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made has hit out at Cottco officials for making public statements that distabilise the sector.
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Elita Chikwati and Fidelis Munyoro Government and stakeholders in the agriculture industry have scoffed at remarks by World Bank (WB) country representative Mr Johannes Herderschee in which he described Command Agriculture as ineffective and a waste of money.
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Business Reporter DESPITE the growing supply of cooking oil on the domestic market, producers are finding it difficult to tap into export markets due to un-competitiveness of the commodity.
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Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Government has banned all maize imports with immediate effect, with millers intending to buy grain from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) expected to pay directly to Treasury. They will obtain vouchers which they will use to draw down the grain from GMB.