Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco selling season draws to an end 0 August 20, 2020 2:05 AM Source: Tobacco selling season draws to an end – NewsDay Zimbabwe THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has urged farmers to deliver their crop thrice a week at the auction floors as the marketing season heads towards closure. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA According to the …
Post Cabinet Briefing 18 August 2020 – Land Bank
2 250 benefit from stockfeed scheme in Beitbridge Chronicle 19/8/2020 Business Reporter A TOTAL of 2 250 households in Beitbridge District have been shortlisted to get supplementary subsidised livestock feed from the Programme for Growth and Resilience (PROGRESS) under the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF). The initiative is being rolled out in the wake …
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300k farmers undergo zero-tillage training Chronicle 19/8/2020 Gatshompo\Pfumvudza zero-tillage also encourages soil reconditioning whereby soil sampling, testing and liming will be done so that farmers would know lime and nutrient requirement of their soil Mashudu Netsianda and Munyaradzi Musiiwa Close to 300 000 farmers in Matabeleland South, Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces have undergone …
Livestock farmers bear the brunt of drought Chronicle 19/8/2020 Mr Thabani Sibanda an A2 farmer from Mkashi area in Gwanda Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South Province fear that they could lose their cattle as most areas have already run out of pastures, three months before the onset of the rains. …
Curfew relaxed, business hours extended Chronicle 19/8/2020 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has relaxed the curfew to 8pm and business hours to 4.30pm and directed public transport drivers to undergo regular Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests as well as ensuring that separate lanes for Zupco buses and kombis are created …
Traditional grains drive now making sense … Herald 18/8/2020 The advantage of traditional grains in marginal regions is that they are drought-tolerant and have fibrous roots or even tap roots that go deep and extract moisture at the bottom of the soil Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IT seems the growing calls on the need for …
Ministers hit the ground running Herald 18/8/2020 President Mnangagwa speaks to newly-appointed Energy and Power Development Minister Soda Zhemu (right) and Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka after their swearing-in ceremony at State House in Harare yesterday Herald Reporter NEWLY-appointed ministers, Anxious Jongwe Masuka and Soda Zhemu, yesterday pledged …
Agric sector leads in uptake of stimulus package Chronicle 18/8/2020 Professor Mthuli Ncube Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief The agricultural sector has been the biggest beneficiary of the $18 billion Economic Rescue Package for distressed companies, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said. As part of measures to mitigate the adverse impact of …
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Small scale farmers adapt to challenging conditions Chronicle 18/8/2020 A farmer works in a field using drip irrigation at the Tshongokwe Irrigation Scheme in Lupane district, Matabeleland North, in this file photo. Lungelo Ndhlovu After a long-running drought slashed their harvests, small-scale farmers in Lupane, western Zimbabwe, decided to switch away from irrigating their …
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