Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Soya imports to continue – The Financial Gazette Total imports of soyabeans equivalent to the 11 months to November 2017 amounted to 127 442 tonnes and is the highest since 2013. MORE soyabeans will have to be imported to meet the stockfeed and oil expressing industries’ annual 130 000-tonne requirements, this month’s Livestock Report has indicated.With local …
Tea growers emerge from the woods TEA growers are this year expecting to produce 19 000 tonnes of the crop as the sector continues to make a comeback, Tea Growers Association chairman Paul Spear has said.“Peak production for tea was around 1999/2000 when 23 000 tonnes was produced. However, this declined to 7 300 tonnes …
Varun Dairy eyes Zim market Ravi Jaipuria PEPSICO’S largest franchise bottler, Varun Beverages, has set its sights on expanding its dairy business into Zimbabwe following the recent commissioning of a $40 million green field production facility.RJ Corporation chairman Ravi Jaipuria told The Financial Gazette that the business ― which will engage outgrower small-scale farmers to supply the …
Zimbabwe urged to adopt green technologies Zimbabwe Agriculture Society chief executive officer, Anxious Masuka ZIMBABWE has been urged to adopt green technologies as a way of boosting agriculture production and reduce the impact of climate change.Green technologies have the potential to steer agriculture along a sustainable path, and at the same time contribute to the …
Controversy over $20m tobacco levy Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union president Wonder Chabikwa A TOBACCO levy charged on growers for afforestation purposes has become a thorny issue among stakeholders and government as Treasury fails to disburse the $20 million raised so far.Stakeholders who spoke to The Financial Gazette last week alleged that the money paid by the farmers …
Arda to set up US$100m fund AGRICULTURAL and Rural Development Authority (Arda) is in the process of setting up a US$100 million fund that will benefit its various estates and boost exports of farm produce, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza Board chairman Basil Nyabadza told businessdigest last week that Arda is working with an …
Bread shortage averted – The Standard The milling industry has received a boost after it took delivery of 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat, which is enough for three weeks, to avert a potential bread shortage. BY NDAMU SANDU IN BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE The wheat was imported from Germany with another consignment expected in three weeks’ …
Millers seek subsidy on staples Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has approached the government to subsidise staple food to ensure price stability amid rising costs in the milling industry. BY BUSINESS REPORTER GMAZ chairman Tafadzwa Musarara said on Saturday the industry had approached government for the subsidy to be effected. “We have intimated that …
Agribank posts $2,9m profit The Herald Africa Moyo and Ishemunyoro ChingwereAGRIBANK has recorded a profit of $2,9 million in the first five months of the year to May 31, 2018, a move that thrusts the agriculture financing institution on a path to more profits by year end. The profit represents a 13 percent jump from …
Try GMO seed, farmers urge Govt The Herald Lawrence Chitumba Mash Central CorrespondentSTAKEHOLDERS in the cotton industry have called on Government to start trials on genetically modified pest resistant cotton seed, Bacillus Thuringiensis Cotton, which produces an insecticide that controls bollworm. The most destructive of pest is the African boll-worm (Helicoverpa armigera), which biotech experts …