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Zimbabwean horti sector blooms
In Zimbabwe, there is an overall increase in acreage and production under horticultural crops this season, with the area under emerging crops such as blueberries increasing across the provinces.
This is a good sign, with the national government, through the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) also set to revive horticultural production with a focus on exports, as well as improved household nutrition. Horticulture used to be a major export earner, with regular cargo flights to Europe.
A boost to all this will be given through the Zimbabwe Horticulture Recovery and Growth Plan, which is targeted at reconfiguring the horticulture industry driven by the private-sector, but paired with a transformative rural sub-sector under the Presidential Horticulture Scheme to benefit 1,8 million households.
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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said a well-functioning knowledge-based agriculture ecosystem that is anchored on requisite agronomic and animal husbandry practices will ensure that Africa is food secure, as he vowed to ensure that Zimbabwe reclaims its place as the breadbasket of the continent again.
Speaking at the high-level virtual meeting on feeding Africa yesterday, under the theme “Leadership to scale up successful innovations”, the President said African countries must share experiences on technology and innovations to transform agriculture.
Apr 1, 2021
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MONROE (WKOW) Green County officials pronounced a man dead at the scene after he lost control of his truck going around a corner Wednesday morning.
According to a news release from Green County sheriff Jeff Skatrud, the driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown several hundred feet from the truck in the crash.
The time of the incident is unclear, as the crash site was not reported until 6:12 a.m. Wednesday.
The crash occurred on State Highway 59 northeast of Monroe, just east of Greenbush Road.
Later in the day on Wednesday, Sheriff Skatrud identified the driver as 27-year-old Cody J. Martin of Monroe.