Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Disease, forex shortage cripple dairy farmers DAIRY production in the first quarter of 2018 has been hampered by the shortage of foreign currency and the prevalence of tick -borne diseases, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chairman Emmanuel Zimbandu told reveald on Tuesday that the cost of drugs …
Mbanje farming: Let’s put things into perspective newsday The more things change, the more they remain the same. I had just finished primary school when the first human-to-human heart transplant operation was done in South Africa by Christiaan Barnard and his team. Doomsdayers and religious fundamentalists — yes, they have always been there, they are …
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‘Zim left with wheat reserves for 90 days’ newsday GRAIN Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) will next week send a 12-member delegation to Canada to sign a 200 000-tonne wheat deal, amid reports that the country’s granary is depleting. BY OBEY MANAYITI Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, GMAZ chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara said although there was …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Payment for tobacco farmers needs to be prioritised IT appears tobacco farmers who bring hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign currency annually, do not get the respect they deserve from arms of Government entrusted with responsibility to take care of their needs during the tobacco marketing season. Gold miners who generate …
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Understanding crop water requirements | The Herald Quite a number of farmers have found themselves saddled with huge irrigation water bills which some are now failing to pay owing to their inability to appreciate and understand the water requirements for their crops. These farmers ended up committing themselves to water in excess of their …
Tobacco merchants face prosecution | The Herald Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterIn an unprecedented move, farmer representative bodies are combining efforts to bring to book tobacco contracting firms that are allegedly prejudicing tobacco farmers of millions of dollars, The Herald Business has learnt. This comes after thousands of independent tobacco farmers were unwittingly registered by …
The farmer is the farm Flip Buys | 30 April 2018 Flip Buys says that real value often lies in that which you cannot see (or physically grab) The high expectations generated by the parliamentary motion of the ANC and EFF on the expropriation of land without compensation, are now resulting in the incitement of …
VAT on soyabeans affecting production Tabitha Mutenga Staff Reporter THE country’s 15 percent Valued Added Tax-j on soyabeans has been identified as one of the major challenges affecting soyabeans production. Submissions: by the Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analys is and Research Unit (ZEPARU) to the CZI show that a farmer producing soya beans valued at $5 …
Zim to compensate white farmers by Sept John Kacheiubere Markets Editor PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has promised to compensate displaced white commercial farmers by September this year. The move, which is aimed at facilitating the country’s international re-engagement efforts and boost investor confidence, will see the new administration coughing up close to $9 billion for …
Zimplats land dispute still in the courts Ndakaziva Majaka Deputy Markets Editor ZIMBABWE’S largest platinum producer, Zim-plats, says its challenge against the compulsory acquisition of 28 000 hectares of land by government is still before the courts. Government last year filed a court application to enforce a prior notice for compulsory acquisition of the land …