Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Concern over surge in human-wildlife conflict The Herald 7/11/2018 Midlands Correspondent Government is concerned with the human-wildlife conflict escalating at the Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy in Kwekwe and is taking measures, a senior government official has said. Farmers were reportedly allocated land within the conservancy, leading to conflicts between humans, livestock and wildlife. …
Wheat imports: Grain millers come to the rescue The Herald 7/11/2018 Nyore Madzianike Manicaland Bureau The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has secured enough wheat for the festive season and has started moving the cereal into the country from neighbouring Mozambique. GMAZ recently acquired 30 000 tonnes of wheat from international markets …
10-year jail term for tampering with meter The Herald 7/11/2018 Midlands Correspondent A Kwekwe man has been slapped with a mandatory 10-year jail term for tampering with a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) meter. James Ngirazi of Star Mine outside Kwekwe was convicted by Kwekwe magistrate Mr Storey Rushambwa of opening …
Small-scale farmers: Drought looms The Chronicle 7/11/2018 Morris Mpala, MoB Capital Ltd IT’S that time of the year once again when I bring in bad news and start warning my fellow small-scale farmers. Forewarned is forearmed. There is a looming drought season ahead and as at now everything else is pointing towards a …
Creating hubs for agricultural development – Zimbabwe Situation 7/11/2018 Leroy Dzenga Features WriterAgriculture in Zimbabwe remains a critical economic activity. Seeing its lucrativeness, communal farmers who traditionally focused on growing crops for food are now taking the commercial route. Among the challenges facing communal farmers adopting the farming-as-a-business approach is information gap. This gap …
Petrol prices fall – NewsDay Zimbabwe 6/11/2018 AFTER weeks of chaos, fuel prices in the country fell by at most four cents, with Energy minister Joram Gumbo attributing this to a dip in international crude oil margins. BY RICHARD CHIDZA A survey around Harare showed that most service stations had reduced petrol prices from …
Packaging cost could push up mealie meal price The Herald 6/11/2018 Enacy Mapakame The price of mealie meal could increase if tomorrow’s deliberations between millers and packaging manufacturers fail to reach a consensus after the latter increased cost of packaging by over 500 percent. Manufacturers of packaging for mealie meal and bread more …
Agri-business window of opportunity for Matebeleland farmers The Chronicle 6/11/2018 Judith Moyo A CATTLE production study conducted in South Africa by Punjabi has shown that across the world rapid agricultural growth occurs on mainly on post-production activities. This phenomenon is largely influenced by growth of middle income consumers even in low income countries …
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$30m soya outgrower scheme launched Part of soya bean alliance strategic partners follow proceedings at a Press conference at United Refineries in Bulawayo yesterday The Chronicle 6/11/2018 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter LEADING personal care and agro-processing firm, United Refineries Limited (URL), together with its strategic partners, yesterday launched a $30 million soya …
Workers call for TNF over eroded salaries The Chronicle 6/11/2018 Innocent Ruwende, Harare Bureau WORKERS’ unions have called for the resumption of Tripartite Negotiating Forum to address the eroded workers’ salaries following a pricing discord which has left many workers exposed to poverty. Spokesperson for six affiliates of the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade …