Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Irrigation Transforms Lives in Southern Zimbabwe http://www.ipsnews.net Busani Bafana GWANDA, Zimbabwe, Sep 13 (IPS) – More than a million people will need food aid in Zimbabwe this year. As the government looks to boost agriculture production, one rural community is leading the way by using irrigation schemes to improve food security and income. Tabiso Dube …
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US$5 000 fine for ignoring veld fires http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 12 September 2010 17:17 THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans who have witnessed countless veld fires raging in the countryside and did nothing must count themselves lucky.Few may know that by failing to assist to extinguish fire they were committing an offence that could see them spending a year …
CFU moratorium ruling set for month-end http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Vusimuzi BhebheFriday, 10 September 2010 10:32 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court is expected to pass judgment at the end of September on an application by the country’s beleaguered white farmers for a moratorium on ongoing farm evictions and persecution of those refusing to vacate properties targeted …
US$3 billion power plant planned for Zim http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Charles Tembo Saturday 11 September 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwean energy development minister Elton Mangoma said on Friday that the country was set to grant a licence to a French consortium to set up a US$3 billion electricity generation project. Mangoma did not name the consortium but …
10 SEPTEMBER 2010 EXECUTIVE NEWS This week most of our top team has been away attending annual congresses of other sister agricultural organisations, both outside Zimbabwe and internally. We believe that it pays dividends to communicate with these other bodies and to swap ideas of mutual benefit. During this time of uncertainty and turmoil …
No power to the people http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Francis HarawaFriday, 10 September 2010 18:19 HARARE – In the late 1990’s, as Zimbabwe’s economy began to stutter, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) chief executive Simbarashe Mangwengwende began to worry about the organisation’s advertising punchline “ZESA: the power that drives the economy.” He felt that it could …
Harvesting Water to Save Crops and Lives http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Isaiah Esipisu NAIROBI, Sep 10, 2010 (IPS) – Peter Kivuti, a 51-year-old farmer from Eastern Kenya, never relied on meteorological weather predictions all his life – until three years ago. It was then that rainfall in the region become less predictable. Like other farmers from Rwanguondu …
A Long Dry Season http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Ignatius Banda MBERENGWA, Zimbabwe, Sep 9, 2010 (IPS) – Headmaster Njabulo Mpofu has weathered long dry spells before, but the water troubles affecting his school in the arid Midlands region of Zimbabwe are severe. Experts say the water table is receding in the Midlands Province, with groundwater disappearing deeper …
Dear Farmer, Since congress I have been to S.A. twice for two reasons – our legal route and our pension drive. By now you would have picked up that the SADC Tribunal is under review and that in the next 6 months the SADC member states through their Justice ministries will come back with recommendations …
TIMB to hold mop-up sales this month http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 09 September 2010 17:40 THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) will hold mop-up sales this month after the 2010 tobacco selling season saw a total of 119,8 million kgs of the golden leaf valued at US$347,8 million going under the hammer. The figure was more …