Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco exports rake in $200m April 13, 2017 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterMORE than $200 million has been generated from 41,4 million kilogrammes of tobacco that Zimbabwe exported across the world at an average price of $4,86 a kg since the beginning of the year. Statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) indicate the …
RBZ prioritises tobacco farmers April 12, 2017 in Business The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is working with banks operating at the auction floors to ensure they are well-resourced to be able to pay tobacco farmers $1 000 at the first sale. BY BUSINESS REPORTER John Mangudya At the beginning of the tobacco marketing season, RBZ and …
Millers to plant 20k hectares of wheat April 12, 2017 in Business THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is set to plant 20 000 hectares of winter wheat to complement the 50 000 hectares targeted under command agriculture to increase output and curtail imports. BY TARISAI MANDIZHA GMAZ chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara In an interview with NewsDay, …
Milk production to go up April 12, 2017 in Business ZIMBABWE’S raw milk production is likely to go up by 15% in 2017 on the back of an anticipated bumper harvest, the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI In a telephone interview with NewsDay, ZADF chairperson, Emmanuel Zimbandu said milk production is …
Domestic animals as sources of knowledge and social intelligence April 12, 2017 in Business In African agrarian communities where livestock are part of people’s livelihoods, farmers have forged symbiotic relationships with their cattle, goats, sheep, camels, pigs and poultry, among others. While the world is elevating the role of Information and Communication Technology in mediating knowledge, domestic …
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Caterpillar harvesters destroying vegetation April 12, 2017 in News VILLAGERS in Gwanda district, Matabeleland South province, have called on government officials to intervene and stop the rampant cutting down of trees by mopane caterpillar harvesters. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI The villagers expressed fear that the destruction of vegetation, if left uncontrolled, might cause massive deforestration. They alleged people …
Local Govt Parly Committee moves to revoke A2 offer letters April 12, 2017 in News THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government has urged the Ministry of Lands to revoke the A2 offer letters issued to farmers at Braemer Farmer in Nyatsime to enable homeseekers who legitimately bought residential stands in the area to develop their houses …
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Newer technology to boost crop yields: Cimmyt April 12, 2017 in News THE International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (Cimmyt) wants to bring new technologies to local commercial farmers, which can boost yields by 40%. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA Cimmyt country director, Cosmos Magorokosho told NewsDay on the sidelines of one of their site visits yesterday in Harare …
The right to administrative justice April 12, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Sharon Hofisi Legal MattersJusticiability is a term that is frequently applied to discourses that relate to constitutional rights. Zimbabwe’s Constitution, which was adopted in 2013, hereinafter referred to as the Constitution, contains a progressive and justiciable Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights can also …
Cottco seeks to curb side marketing April 12, 2017 Business Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterTHE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe has more than doubled its buying points ahead of the start of the 2017 marketing season in response to the expected bumper harvest. The increase in the number of buying points will help farmers shorten their distances while …