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Moving towards a sweet potato driven economy
Jetwell Mugabe-Molecular Biologist, TRB SWEET potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are a Convolvulaceae family dicotyledonous plant. Sweet potatoes are grown (Figs. 1...
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Leveraging Zimbabwe mercantile exchange for soya bean trading
Tsitsi Sandra Kawenda The Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange Private Limited (ZMX) maintains an Electronic Warehouse Receipt System and a Commodities Trade...
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Inputs suppliers discard Govt directive on prices, manipulate exchange rate
Elton Manguwo AGRICULTURAL inputs suppliers have resorted to increasing the US dollar price for inputs to retain the parallel market...
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Tobacco contract farming: The real deal
CONTRACT farming has fast become the bedrock of Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector, a Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) top official...
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Tobacco: Major cash crop and foreign currency earner
The climate crisis is smoking out commercial tobacco farming in Zimbabwe, threatening the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and risking nearly...
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Crock of gold in garlic farming
WHEN Douglas Msipa settled at Cheshire Farm, 10km outside Gweru in 2010, it never crossed his mind that the journey...
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The farming industry has some of the most-funded contributors to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with many projects and...
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Innovativeness can reduce seed production costs
THE Agricultural Research Trust Farm (ART) in Pomona, Harare, recently played host to the launch of the Bayer Dekalb hybrid...
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Horticulture: Good times roll
THE horticulture sector is on an upward trajectory thanks to the establishment of the Horticulture Development Council (HDC) in 2019...
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Farmers plead with Council to upgrade Mbare market
FARMERS who sell their fresh produce at Mbare Musika are appealing to Harare City Council to rehabilitate the market, which...
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