AMA registers horticultural products producers and buyers
Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has begun the registration of companies and individuals intending to buy or grow horticultural products during the forthcoming year which
FUEL TANKER CATCHES FIRE
The driver of a fuel tanker escaped death by a whisker last Saturday afternoon when the vehicle, carrying an estimated 60 000 litres of fuel exploded into a huge ball of fire just after
Olympic medals only cost $587
An Olympic medal is worth glory and fame – just not very much cash. The 500-gram gold medals earned by Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and Simone Biles are nearly 99 percent recycled silver. They contain just 1.2 percent gold, mostly used as plating. They are worth about $587 in current market prices. “It’s a great […]
Seed Co distributes new seed varieties
Samuel Kadungure COMMUNAL grain producers need to heed agronomic advice and grow certified early maturing maize varieties in arid and semi-arid areas whose weather patterns of late had become unpredictable with highly erratic and low rainfall due to the El Nino phenomenon.
‘Farmers should take soil testing seriously’
Samuel Kadungure AS preparations for the 2016/17 season gather momentum, agronomists in Manicaland are conscientising farmers on the need to first conduct soil tests to establish the nutrient
Chimene stuns war vets meeting
Post Reporters Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister and acting chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association, Cde Mandi Chimene on Wednesday stunned a war
Man skinned in suspected ritual killing
Ngoni Dapira : Weekender Correspondent THE Mutore family from Vumba is failing to come to terms with the brutal murder of their relative who was allegedly lured into neighbouring Mozambique by a friend before meeting his fate. The late Trymore Mutore (25) was allegedly slain last month for ritual purposes in that country’s Magaka area.
Underutilised farm downsizing imminent
Samuel Kadungure Senior Farming Reporter THE Ministry on Lands and Rural Resettlement has completed inspections of farms exceeding maximum farm sizes in Manicaland and recommendations to downsize them
150 join fish farming in Mutasa
Blessing Rwizi ABOUT 150 smallholder farmers in Mutasa have joined fish farming following the success of 33 others who ventured into the trade early this year.
Steps underway to revive DDF
THE District Development Fund is mobilising funds for the rehabilitation of the country’s rural roads which are currently at their worst following heavy rains received this season, its director general, Mr James Jonga has said. Mr Jonga said this during a familiarisation tour of DDF Manicaland projects by Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Cde […]