Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Seed firms’ contribution to Command Agriculture vital April 7, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Denias Zaranyika CorrespondentZimbabwe has just come off the back of a good rainfall season. We must therefore acknowledge and applaud all our farmers — commercial, communal and urban — for responding to the blessing of good rainfall to grow the excellent crops …
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Food security prospects brighten for southern Africa April 7, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Features CorrespondentSouthern Africa is set to record a bumper harvest after receiving good rainfall in the 2016/17 agricultural season, according to the latest crop assessments reports. The SADC Food Security Quarterly Update released in March 2017 shows that countries such as Malawi and …
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Banks become more prudent Companies & Markets April 6, 2017By Paul Nyakazeya, Online Editor Agribank chief executive officer, Sam Malaba LOCAL banks are tightening their lending in a move expected to stem losses in the financial sector, results for the year to December 31, 2016 have revealed.Banks said they would grow “quality loan books” and actively …
Derelict silos threaten Zim bumper harvest National Report April 6, 2017By Own Correspondent The country’s 12 silos are designed to hold up to 434 300 metric tonnes of strategic grain reserves. By Problem Masau AS much as 30 percent of Zimbabwe’s anticipated bumper harvest could be lost to adverse weather conditions as the majority …
Agribank targets smallholder farmers National Report April 6, 2017By Staff Reporter Agribank would take part in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe funding programmes such as the US$20 million horticulture facility. AGRICULTURAL lender, Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe Limited (Agribank), said last week it was planning to invest significantly into smallholder farmers in the coming year as part …
Mixed reactions over labour Bill National Report April 6, 2017 By Staff Reporter ZCTU secretary-general, Japhet Moyo TRIPARTITE Negotiation Forum (TNF) stakeholders from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ) have expressed mixed feelings towards the recently proposed Zero Draft Labour Bill in a development that is likely to prolong …
Company targets 6 000t of maize seed for 2017 agric season April 6, 2017 in Business SEED company Klein Karoo Zimbabwe is targeting to produce 6 000 tonnes of maize seed for the 2017 agriculture farming season. BY TARISAI MANDIZHA Klein Karoo is a subsidiary of Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed ZAAD Investment Limited and operates in South Africa, …
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War vets drag Mpofu, Mombeshora in land fight April 6, 2017 in National, News EIGHT war veterans from Matabeleland North province have filed an application at the Bulawayo High Court challenging their eviction from Hilda’s Kraal Farm to pave way for Herbert Ncube in a land dispute that has dragged in Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora and former provincial …
Experiences of a tobacco transporter April 6, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Trucks loaded with tobacco bales in Karoi Yvonne MutavaMadyavanhu Odman (47) started tobacco farming in 2006 and he has not turned back. In 2008 he bought a grinding mill, then in 2010 a herd of cattle. A two-tonne truck and a tent to ferry …
Agric collabos: The devil is in details April 6, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Working in isolation will not help farmers, NGOs or Government Charles DhewaEncouraging Government departments, non-governmental organisations and the private sector to collaborate in the agriculture sector is one of the most sensible recommendations. In fact, collaboration is the underlying spirit behind Private-Public-Partnerships …