Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Chimanimani farmers scale up goat production February 2, 2018 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Manicaland CorrespondentFarmers in Chimanimani have transformed goat farming from subsistence to a commercial undertaking after realising the inherent viability of the business. Changing climatic conditions, especially in Chimanimani where crops are beginning to fail dismally, have seen farmers switching to livestock farming, with goats …
Revive jatropha project: Zicosu February 2, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Martha Leboho Masvingo CorrespondentThe Zimbabwe Congress of Students Unions (Zicosu) has urged Government to resuscitate the jatropha diesel project at Masvingo Polytechnic that was abandoned almost a decade ago. The project, pioneered by students was discontinued after Government nationalised it and set a jatropha diesel plant at …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Land reform was about equity, not race February 2, 2018 Features, Opinion & Analysis For Zimbabwe’s white commercial farmers still remaining on the land, it was news worth the wait. It wasn’t certainly the best, that is if they choose to nitpick about the difference between a 99-year lease and a title deed. But …
Apply for land leases, white farmers urged February 2, 2018 Local News, MANICALAND & MASH EAST Minister Musabayana Rutendo Rori Mash East CorrespondentGovernment has urged white farmers to apply for land leases as the process will not be based on race or religion, an official has said. Addressing white farmers at Mbuya Nehanda Hall in Marondera on Wednesday, Minister …
Don’t sell your tobacco to middlemen, farmers told February 2, 2018 Local News Elita Chikwati in HeadlandsThe Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has warned farmers against selling their crop to middlemen, as they risk being cheated by unscrupulous businesspeople. This comes after a realisation that some middlemen approach tobacco growers and buy their crop at the …
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Wetlands matter is sustainable urban future Wetlands present a platform for ecological services, regulating and providing convenient water for many communities supporting fauna and flora Walter MswazieZimbabwe today joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Wetlands Day amid calls for urban centres to preserve wetlands for the future. World Wetlands Day is …
Byo Leather Cluster to open factory Prince Sunduzani, Business ReporterTHE Bulawayo Leather Cluster will next week open a shoe manufacturing factory in the city with a capacity to produce about 158 400 pairs of shoes annually. In an interview on the sidelines of a cluster development workshop held in Bulawayo yesterday, the cluster’s secretary …
Horticulture sector set for revival Cde Davis Marapira Nqobile Tshili, Business CorrespondentZIMBABWE’S horticulture industry is set to be revived under the Government’s 100-Day plan targeting to make it one of the country’s top foreign currency earners. In an interview, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Mr Davies Marapira said his ministry has already …
Land Commission sworn in | The Chronicle Harare BureauThe seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas since 2005 appointed by former President Robert Mugabe last year yesterday took their oaths of office. The Commission is chaired by Justice Tendai Uchena and includes Mr Andrew Mlalazi, Mr …
Govt reverses discriminatory land policy Tabitha Mutenga Supplements Editor GOVERNMENT has issued a directive for white farmers to be issued with 99-year leases instead of five-year leases subject to renewal upon meeting “certain conditions”. In a letter addressed to acting provincial land officers from the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, land officers were …