Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Let’s address food security challenges http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 05 December 2010 16:17 BY BRUCE GEMMIL The ongoing land debate continues to centre on past injustices of the colonial era. This fixation with the past although understandable does nothing to prepare us for the challenges that lie ahead; we cannot change history, but we should learn from …
Food, farm inputs politicised http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Vusimuzi BhebheSaturday, 04 December 2010 13:45 HARARE – Zanu (PF) has intensified the politicisation of food aid andfarm input distribution as part of a wider campaign to victimise andintimidate opponents ahead of elections tentatively set for next year. According to the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), incidents of aidpoliticisation …
UN Issues $415M Zimbabwe Humanitarian Appeal to Bridge 2011 Hunger Season http://www.voanews.com UN Humanitarian Coordinator Alain Noudehou said one in three children in Zimbabwe is chronically malnourished and that malnutrition is a factor in nearly 12,000 child deaths a year in the country Sandra Nyaira | Washington 03 December 2010 The United Nations humanitarian coordinator …
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Zim planes, trains face seizure http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by John ChimunhuSaturday, 04 December 2010 13:39 HARARE – Zimbabwean farmers have moved a step closer to seizing planes belonging to the troubled state carrier Air Zimbabwe and trains owned by the National Railways of Zimbabwe in their efforts to get compensation for farms seized by President Robert …
White farmers return to Zimbabwe land http://www.telegraph.co.uk At least 120 white farmers in Zimbabwe have returned to the land by setting up farms under leasehold deals with the black beneficiaries of Robert Mugabe’s land seizure policies.By Peta Thornycroft in Harare 11:01PM GMT 03 Dec 2010 The emergence of a new group of white farmers has …
MDC calls for non-partisan land audit http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell03 December 2010 The MDC has this week urgently called for a transparent and non-partisan land audit, calling it “paramount to national survival.” The calls come after ZANU PF’s greed was exposed in the media this week in reports that detailed how a select group of …
Stakeholders slam agric budget allocation criticised http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 02 December 2010 17:55 TREASURY’S allocation of US$122 million to agriculture is grossly inadequate for a sector that is expected to spur economic growth after a decade of stagnation, agricultural analysts have said. To make matters worse, the analysts said there was no specific funding for A2 …
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Zimbabwe needs $415 mln in food aid http://www.radiovop.com 02/12/2010 20:03:00 HARARE, 2 December – The United Nations on Thursday appealed for 415 million dollars (315 million euros) to feed almost two million Zimbabweans facing near immediate malnutrition. “An estimated 1.7 million Zimbabweans will face severe food insecurity in the peak hunger period of January to …