Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Bogus grain dealers on the prowl The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziVillagers in Chiredzi South have been urged to be wary of grain dealers who are on the prowl, buying maize and small grains from desperate farmers at appallingly low prices. Hordes of unscrupulous grain buyers are reportedly taking advantage of the desperation for …
UK market craves for Zimbabwe beef: CSC SEZ -BCC breakfast meetimg Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE UK is craving for Zimbabwean beef products and has engaged the Cold Storage Company (CSC) to resume exports to the lucrative market, an official has said. The country’s largest beef processor and marketer, CSC, used to have an annual …
UK-based entrepreneur links small-scale farmers with foreign investors newsday A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean entrepreneur has launched an agricultural investment platform which will connect small-scale and communal farmers with local and foreigners seeking to invest in agriculture. BY BUSINESS REPORTER The platform, www.Farmvest.biz, is the brainchild of Michael Matope. Matope said Farmvest.biz realised that the demand …
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Chipanga sues Mutsvangwa over seized farm newsday FORMER Zanu PF youth leader, Kudzanai Chipanga has taken Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa to court, accusing her of illegally handing over his Headlands commercial farm to its former owner, Andrew Dawson. BY CHARLES LAITON Through his lawyers, Chipanga on Tuesday filed an urgent High Court chamber …
Case for decolonising agric value chains The Herald Charles DhewaIdentifying and explaining each agricultural value chain’s nodes is a better way of revealing the extent to which a value chain can lift people out of poverty and contribute to broader development aspirations. The longer the value chain, the more contribution to socio-economic development. Most …
Winter wheat farmers optimistic The Herald Heather Charema in ChegutuWINTER wheat farmers here are hopeful of a more than satisfactory season following the improved and timely disbursement of Command Agriculture inputs, an official has said. Optimism is also high that Chegutu farmers will surpass last season’s record of wheat produced under the Command Wheat …
Investors scramble for horticulture exports The Herald Livingstone Marufu Business Reportersome foreign firms are scrambling to invest in the country’s horticultural sector following improvement of the investment climate over the past few months. This comes at a time when the Government is moving towards horticulture exports resuscitation in various European markets. The new administration …
Tax amnesty 2018 in respect of motor vehicles The Herald In an effort to encourage our valued clients to regularise their tax obligations, the Government has, through the Finance Act No. 1 of 2018 published on 15 March 2018, made provisions for granting of a tax amnesty to persons on application. Persons include companies, …
Number of rejected tobacco bales falls The Herald Harare. – As the tobacco selling season progresses, the number of bales being rejected for different reasons continues to decline compared to the same period last year, the industry regulator has said. Main reasons for tobacco being rejected at the point of sale include bales being …
Irrigation scheme gets new lease of life The Herald Cletus Mushanawani Mashonaland Central BureauGOVERNMENT is in the process of re-establishing Nyambudzi Irrigation Scheme in Mbire, which will see 80-hectares being put under irrigation during the second half of the year. The $700 000 project is part of the Department of Irrigation’s national accelerated irrigation …