Winter wheat faces power, fuel hitches

Winter wheat faces power, fuel hitches Few farmers will this winter be able to produce wheat due to several challenges affecting the sector. Farmers have cited shortages of fuel and electricity for irrigation as their major challenges, while others say they don’t have working capital. Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union president Mr Wilson Nyabonda said though …

Information on Incidents

The Commercial Farmers’ Union has been recording all the incidents which have been occurring on all farms. Although this may seem very mundane to the average person it has proved an extremely useful tool in assisting with our planning purposes and for decisions on moving forward. The Union’s records also consist of an extremely useful database which all …

Plea for help

Plea for help From: “Zimbabwean Farmer”Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:55 PMContinued Eviction of White Commercial Farmers despite the agreements signed upon in the forming of GNU I am emailing out of desperation. Despite the agreements made in the forming of the GNU and the President of South Africa’s State visit that is currently underway …

‘Our ancestors are angry’. says climate-devestated Zimbabwean farmers

‘Our ancestors are angry,’ say climate-devastated Zimbabwean farmers  http://www.alertnet.org  16 Mar 2010 11:56:00 GMT   Written by: AlertNet correspondent   Selina Mutoleka and her AIDS-orphaned grandchildren struggle to grow enough food on their farm in Nyimo, Zimbabwe. Climate change is making Zimbabwe’s weather more unpredictable, threatening crops, but many local people attribute the growing problems …

Billy Rautenbach fingered in escalations of violence in Manicaland

Billy Rautenbach fingered in escalation of violence in Manicaland  http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda16 March 2010 Billy Rautenbach, the 51 year old multimillionaire businessman with close links to ZANU PF, has been accused by the MDC of hounding and intimidating its activists in Manicaland as political tension builds ahead of the constitution making programme. Rautenbach, who …

Zuma has little chance of fixing Zim’s situation

Zuma has little chance of fixing Zim’s issues  http://www.iol.co.za/     March 16 2010 at 03:25PM By Peta ThornycroftForeign Service President Jacob Zuma’s mission to Harare on Monday is inspiring little hope among Zimbabweans that he can fix their broken year-old unity government. Both President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF and the powerless Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai seem …