Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Maize output below average | The Financial Gazette By Own Correspondent The GMB maize buying price remains at $390 per tonne. By Farai Mabeza MAIZE production for the 2017/2018 season will be below average because of the dry spell experienced mid-season, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) has reported.In its April report released a …
Farmer’s escape from death’s jaws AFTER spending 80 years on the same farm, building a school that the late Defence minister Moven Mahachi once attended, the Smart family thought nothing would uproot them from this property they had grown to call home. Bernard Mpofu After all, they had voluntarily surrendered three other farms at …
Extreme events like 1992 drought to fall — study The Herald Climate Story Jeffrey Gogo If the rise in global temperatures is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius in this Century – the more ambitious target under the Paris Climate Agreement – deadly extreme climate events like heatwaves, tropical cyclones or drought will decline markedly in …
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Govt committed to cotton farming The Herald Munashe Matambo Business ReporterGovernment says it is committed to reviving the cotton sector, which had been negatively affected by high production costs and low prices. Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira, said this in Glendale, Mazowe District, last week while officially launching new cotton …
Guard against post-harvest losses, farmers told The Herald Sydney Mubaiwa in ZakaCommunal farmers here have been urged to set up community crop rescue teams to combat the larger grain borer, which is threatening to cause serious post-harvest losses across Zaka. Farmers in Zaka are bracing for a bumper harvest of grains such as maize …
Call to take up fish farming The Herald Wimbainashe Zhakata Mutare CorrespondentYOUNG women in business have been urged to take up fish farming on a large scale to be able to secure lucrative foreign markets. In an interview with The Herald recently, Young Women in Business president Mrs Apphia Musavengana said: “We are calling …
Cotton producer price to be announced soon, says Marapira The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziGovernment has assured cotton farmers that a new producer price for the crop will be announced soon. This could result in increased deliveries of the ‘white gold’ to various depots countrywide. Most farmers have been holding on to their crop …
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Govt mulls stop order facility for land rentals The Herald From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has announced plans to improve payment of land rentals by ensuring beneficiaries of the land reform programme subscribe to a mandatory stop order facility for swift payment of their arrears upon delivery of their crops. Under the facility, farmers …
Canadian investors target 10 000ha for mbanje farming The Herald Daniel Chigunwe Mash Central CorrespondentCANADIAN investors are scouting for business opportunities in Guruve in a bid to secure 10 000 hectares of land for marijuana farming due to the area’s favourable climatic conditions. Discussions are already at a preliminary stage. Guruve South legislator Cde …
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Sadc agric conference begins in Victoria Falls Paul Zakariya Leonard Ncube in Victoria FallsTHE Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) this week plays host to a regional farmers’ conference here with representatives from 13 countries expected to participate. The meeting starts today with a focus on enhancing agricultural trade, ZFU executive director, Mr Paul Zakariya, said. …