Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
bulawayo24.com /index-id-news-sc-national-byo-188238.html FAO doubts Zimbabwe’s cereal import capacity eDuzeNet 30/6/2020 ZIMBABWE’S cereal import requirements for the 2020/21 year are estimated at about 1,1 million tonnes amid concern over the country’s capacity to access offshore supplies at a time it is battling worsening foreign currency shortages, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. This quantity mostly …
Seed Co International profit up 62pc Herald 30/6/2020 Mr Nzwere Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Regional seed producer, Seed Co International Limited’s profit for the year to March 31, 2020 rose 62 percent to US$6.07 million compared to US$3.77 million achieved in the prior year on the back of strong product demand across the region. …
Why are cattle farmers always caught offside? Herald 30/6/2020 Farmers must understand that cattle rearing involves making drastic decisions that may even include disposing of a few animals to save the rest Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IT seems many farmers still need a lot of orientation to appreciate that the “new normal” in cattle rearing …
Gardening boon for Bulilima community June 28, 2020 in Local, News Standard BY MTHANDAZO NYONI PUSHING a wheelbarrow with three 20-litre buckets of water at least 10 trips a day to water a garden is never an easy task. This is, however, what elderly women in Bulilima district ward 1 in Matabeleland South were used to in their …
VP Chiwenga happy with initiatives to end hunger, poverty Herald 27/6/2020 Vice President Chiwenga Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The progress of initiatives in agriculture to boost productivity and ensure import substitution have impressed the Government. This came out at the recent launch of the John Deere mechanisation facility at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering …
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Brands Fresh revenue declines Herald 29/6/2020 Farmers offload bananas at a Mutare market recently Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau AGRO-MARKETING company, Brands Fresh, has recorded a significant decline in revenue in the first six months of this year due to depressed demand of bananas during the Covid-19 period. The company, which distributes fresh produce throughout …
Tobacco growers urged to destalk Herald 29/6/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement has urged tobacco growers to destroy stalks as failure to comply will attract a fine of $500 per hectare. Non-compliance by farmers in removing stalks has resulted in the spread of diseases, thereby threatening …
Is ethanol blending making petrol expensive – for now? Herald 29/6/2020 Since 2013, the country has mandatorily blended ethanol with petrol at rates of between five and 85 percent Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story Respected climate change researcher Elisha Moyo last week posted a particularly interesting brief analysis on the economics/politics of ethanol blending in …
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Food secure: Khami Prison steps up efforts to increase production Chronicle 29/6/2020 Khami Medium Prison Farm has been turned into an integrated agricultural enterprise aimed at achieving food self-sufficiency at Bulawayo Prison, Mlondozi, Khami Remand, Medium and Maximum prisons. The farm draws water from Khami Dam. Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter KHAMI Medium Prison Farm, …
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Fuel prices spark public outrage Independent 26/6/2020 AS Zimbabwe’s fuel crisis intensifies, we took time to track the number of times the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) formally announced an increase in the price of fuel over the past 12 months. We found the energy regulator had, in the period under review, issued over 30 …