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…As the 2022/23 Census of Agriculture is set to take place MBABANE- Providing accurate statistical data for Eswatini. The Central Statistical Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development has notified the public that candidates who would like to take part, as enumerators, in the 2022/23 Census of Agriculture on all rural areas […]
Continue Reading… Tractors now ready to service farmers BY KWANELE TSABEDZE MBABANE – The National Maize Corporation (NMC) has announced that tractors are ready to service farmers this farming season. Speaking to Eswatini TV News, NMC Acting Programmes Director Mthobisi Dlamini revealed that over 8 000 farmers have already collected their farming inputs from the inputs […]
Continue ReadingBY KWANELE TSABEDZE MATSAPHA – The Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza has called for a fairer distribution of value in the agriculture value chain. The minister expressed this when speaking to farmers and retailers at a meeting held between the stakeholders at Esibayeni Lodge in Matsapha today. Speaking at the event, the minister expressed concern […]
Continue ReadingBY KWANELE TSABEDZE MATSAPHA – The Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI) has urged the youth to be involved in the development of policies which dictate youth development. This happened today during a workshop to discuss current policies which are designed to address youth development issues in the country. The workshop was hosted in Matsapha by […]
Continue ReadingBY KWANELE TSABEDZE MBABANE – Walala wasala. This idiom encapsulates the situation in the country as farmers take advantage of the Ministry of Agriculture’s farm inputs subsidy programme. This was confirmed today by BuildIt Mbabane and BuildIt Nhlangano as they revealed that some stocks had run out due to high demand and some supply constraints. […]
Continue Reading… As Minister Jabulani attends to three projects BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA MBABANE- Hard at work! Despite the past weekend being popular for being leisurely, the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of Agriculture Jabulani ‘Buy Cash’ Mabuza saw a busy weekend as they were attending to different project in the different parts of the country. The […]
Continue ReadingBY TSABEDZE KWANELE MBABANE – Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza has presented a positive report on the on-going Farmer Subsidy program. The government program provides farmers with 65 per cent of the inputs they need for each year so that farmers are not limited by resources in how they produce food for the country. Speaking […]
Continue ReadingBY TSABEDZE KWANELE EZULWINI – Farmers should prepare for a plentiful crop season this summer as the Eswatini Meteorological Services predict normal to above normal levels of rainfall. The weather projection for the summer was publicised by Director of Eswatini Meteorological Services Dudu Nhlengethwa. Speaking during an interview on Eswatini TV yesterday, Nhlengethwa noted that, […]
Continue ReadingBY TSABEDZE KWANELE MSAHWENI – Monitoring and evaluation is arguably the most important part of development. The Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza and the Ambassador of the European Union took time out to tour the Msahweni Pack House as part of their monitoring and evaluation process for development initiatives in the country. The Msahweni pack […]
Continue ReadingMANZINI – The Eswatini National Agriculture Union (ESNAU) today kicked off its conference in Manzini – a practical example of the Union’s belief in farmers sharing knowledge with each other. The goal of the meeting is to establish a system for farmers to best communicate with government and other stakeholders in order to ensure an […]
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