Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
President set to launch US$58m agric facility 0 September 30, 2020 9:41 AM Source: President set to launch US$58m agric facility | The Herald President Mnangagwa is introduced to Belarusian Minister of Industry Mr Piotr Parhomchik (wearing white mask) and Belarus Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Alexander Sidoruk (far left) by Honorary Counsel of Zimbabwe to Belarus Aleksandr Zingman …
Locust control operations stepped up Herald 24/9/2020 Sifelani Tsiko Agric & Environment Editor Locust control and prevention management campaigns have been stepped up in Masvingo Province where locust outbreaks were reported in June. Mr Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Research Services Institute, said recently that the training of agricultural …
Piggery project changes lives Herald 23/9/2020 Minister Monica Mavhunga Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau At least 42 families in Bindura have benefited from a piggery project sponsored by South Korea and managed by the Pig Industry Board of Zimbabwe, to improve the quality of pork products in the country and building capacity for small …
Mashonaland East targets 20 000ha irrigated tobacco Herald 23/9/2020 Rutendo Rori Correspondent Farmers in Mashonaland East have started transplanting irrigated tobacco, with the province targeting 20 000 hectares. This was said by provincial Agricultural Extension Services officer Mr Leonard Munamati. Farmers, he said, had so far established seedbeds that could cover 12 000 hectares. …
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Farmers go a gear up as seed uptake increases Herald 23/9/2020 Ivan Craig Agriculture Reporter The uptake of inputs, particularly seed, has increased as preparations for the forthcoming summer cropping season intensify. Beneficiaries of Government input schemes and the banks’ sponsored Command Agriculture have begun receiving inputs while self-financed farmers are busy procuring seed …
Govt committed to Bulawayo Kraal development Chronicle 23/9/2020 Bulawayo Kraal overnight water storage dam. Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE rate with which Government is moving in implementing works at the Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga District, reflects the serious approach to development and commitment towards creating employment and alleviating poverty through transforming the …
Lock-down order amendments 23/9/2020 BILL WATCH 61/2020 Source: Lock-down order amendments – The Zimbabwean The Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lock-down), Order was consolidated and republished on the 20th August, and we explained its effect in our Bill Watch 57/2020 [link]. Since then the new Order has been amended three times, by SI 208/2020 [link], SI 216/2020 [link] and SI …
Law for growing hemp gazetted By Shamiso Dzingire Daily News Last updated Sep 21, 2020 THE government has gazetted regulations through Statutory Instrument (SI) 218 for the cultivation, possession, transportation and sale of industrial hemp (cannabis), with the application fee for a permit to cultivate the plant set at US$200. This comes as the government legalised …
Milk production slumps NewsDay 22/9/2020 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S milk production declined by 3% to 37,88 million litres in the first half of this year, a latest report by the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (Lmac) reveals. In its report, Lmac said milk production for the period January to June 2020 amounted to 37,88 million …
Livestock farmers urged to adapt Herald 22/9/2020 Beitbridge Bureau Successive droughts have continued to take their toll on communities in Beitbridge that rely on livestock production for a living amid indications that a total of 4 500 cattle in the district succumbed to drought-related deaths during the last farming season. In an interview on …