Cotton

Cotton

By newsday
February 11, 2019
Business
The Association of Cotton Value Adders of Zimbabwe (ACVAZ) has bemoaned the collapse of giant textile companies, saying it was affecting the local value-addition of seed cotton. At its prime, the industry employed about 24 000 people, but less than 4 000 are now under its payroll, according to the Zimbabwe Textile Union. ...
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By newsday
August 17, 2016
Columnists Opinion & Editorials
Quoting the Agriculture Marketing Authority (Ama), the press reported that Zimbabwe’s seed cotton intake, as at July 29, 2016, was 16 million kilogrammes since the start of the 2016 selling season. This was down from 37 million kgs during the corresponding period the previous year. ...
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By newsday
May 16, 2013
News
THE growing of the golden leaf has become the “in thing” in the country’s agricultural sector post dollarisation in 2009. ...
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