Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Garden boost for Byo community 11/6/2020 The Herald Tendai Rupapa in BULAWAYO IT’s better to give someone a fishing rod and teach them to catch fish than giving them fish every day, goes an age-old English adage. The saying rings true for the people of Magwegwe, Bulawayo, who have been allowed to turn an open …
How to reimagine our food systems for a post-COVID world Herald 11/6/2020 Sara Farley and Sara Scherr The COVID-19 crisis is a ‘stress test’ for our global food systems – and they are failing. Today we see farmers dumping milk and ploughing crops back into their fields, even as stores empty and the need …
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Small scale millers call for grain subsidy pricing review Chronicle 11/6/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Small to Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) has called for a review of the pricing structure under the grain subsidy programme to enhance the viability of the sector. The association has made a written submission to …
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Illegal gold panning leaves Bindura dry Herald 10/6/2020 File picture From Fungai Lupande in Bindura Mazowe River rises north of Harare and flows northeast past Bindura Town, and thereafter forms part of the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique on its final journey to the Zambezi River. Misnamed Mazoe by white settlers who failed to …
Tugwi-Mukosi: A dream deferred? Herald 10/6/2020 Talk of delays in coming up with a master plan was behind the failure by people in Chivi District to start benefiting from Tugwi-Mukosi Dam George Maponga Masvingo Bureau One wintry morning in 1997, villagers in Gororo communal lands in Chivi, Masvingo South, woke up to a spectre …
New cotton price set Herald 10/6/2020 Herald Reporter The cotton floor producer price was set by Government at $43.94 a kilogramme for the present marketing season. The price was announced by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, while addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing. She said the price proposal was tabled to Cabinet …
Maize yield expected to rise 17pc Herald 10/6/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter THE second crop and livestock assessment report by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement says more than one million tonnes of grain are expected during the 2019/20 summer cropping season with maize production estimated to increase by 17 percent. The …
AfDB unveils roadmap to safeguard regional food security against impacts of Covid-19 Chronicle 10/6/2020 Business Reporter THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the Covid-19 crisis through a raft of immediate and longer-term measures. …
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Tobacco auction floor merchants need to rethink business conduct Herald 9/6/2020 At least 23 075 bales of tobacco have so far been sold through the auction floors Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight If latest figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) on the 2020 tobacco sales are anything to go by, it will certainly not …
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Fresh produce markets need clear coronavirus exit strategy Herald 9/6/2020 The closure of fresh produce markets throughout Zimbabwe due the coronavirus pandemic has left thousands of smallholder farmers in huge financial difficulties Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story Wider consulation and engagement has now become essential to resolve issues related to multi-million-dollar farmers’ markets – hamstrung …
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