adminCottco’s 2023 cotton intake up 48 percent
THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has said farmers delivered a total of 69 419 tonnes in the 2022/2023 marketing season, representing a 48 percent increase from the 46 748 tonnes delivered over the same period in 2022.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Reallocating unused farmland welcome policy
THE land reform programme in the early 2000s gave a lot of Zimbabweans the opportunity to become good farmers, especially when this was backed by the input schemes under the…
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TIMB announces 2024 tobacco marketing season opening
Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer IT was exciting news for tobacco farmers yesterday after the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) revealed that March 13, 2024 will mark the long-anticipated opening…
Zimbabwe steps up new city efforts
Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter ZIMBABWE is stepping up efforts to build a new city in Mount Hampden by working on the requisite infrastructure, with President Mnangagwa having led a delegation…
Chirinda signed two contracts?
Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter WARRIORS striker Obriel Chirinda is in the eye of a storm after allegedly signing two contracts with Premiership rivals Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum Stars. The forward…
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Cottco set for windfall as cotton price surges 14pc
Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer THE country’s largest cotton contractor has reason to smile all the way to the bank following the 14 percent rise in international lint price from US$1,65…
Buy Zim lauds duty return on essential goods
Buy Zimbabwe has welcomed the Government’s recent decision to reinstate import duties on essential goods as a positive development that will create a more level playing field for domestically produced goods.
Goldstar Sugars volumes drop 41pc on cheap imports
Sugar processor starafricacorporation subsidiary Goldstar Sugars (GSS) recorded a 41 percent decrease in sales volume of granulated sugar for the half-year to September 30, 2023 compared to the same period in the previous year.
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Cotton farmers optimistic of a successful season
Tariro Stacey Gatsi COTTON farmers are expecting a fruitful season after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) expeditiously distributed top-dressing fertiliser and herbicides to most growing areas in the wake of…
High cholera vaccine uptake in hotspots
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter The country has achieved 90 percent coverage of the cholera vaccine in hotspot areas as Zimbabwe is poised to remove cholera as a public health threat…