Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Covid-19 implications on food and nutrition security in Sadc Chronicle 2/6/2020 The regional food security situation during the 2020/21 marketing year is expected to be worse than the previous season. This is due to unstable conditions experienced across the Region on a number of factors including a generally food insecure previous season, late onset …
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Mealie-meal price to remain unchanged Chronicle 2/6/2020 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent GOVERNMENT has increased the subsidy paid to millers to ensure that the price of mealie-meal remains unchanged in the face of increases in the prices of basic commodities, a development that is expected to improve supplies starting this week. The latest development which …
Digital agriculture lifts Shurugwi farmer May 31, 2020 in Local, News Standard By Tonderayi Mukeredzi Shurugwi communal farmer Elizabeth Siyapi (57) can no longer be scammed by unscrupulous middlemen to sell her crops cheaply. Nowadays, before she takes her produce to the market she scours her mobile phone, which has become an essential digital agriculture data bank, for …
How veld fires have decimated biodiversity Herald 1/6/2020 Veld fires are a yearly menace in Zimbabwe Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story Someone posted a picture of little hairy creatures on a social media group where we are both mutual acquaintances. Photographed on May 8, two pinkish Marsh owlets barely a few days old, with large, …
BAT volumes to drop Herald 1/6/2020 Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Cigarette manufacturer, British American Tobacco (BAT), projects a bleak second quarter as volumes are expected to decline due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Business operations have been negatively affected by the pandemic that resulted in reduced production as companies implemented lockdowns and …
Stock up stover, cattle producers urged Herald 1/6/2020 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Mashonaland Central’s provincial livestock officer Mr Daniel Kampiyao has urged farmers to start collecting and stocking hay and maize stover for their livestock ahead of the winter season. Mashonaland Central lost over 1 500 cattle last year to drought and Mbire …
Millers want maize allocations increased Herald 1/6/2020 Bulawayo Bureau SMALL-scale millers have appealed to Government to increase maize allocations and release outstanding payments to ensure consumers have adequate supplies of roller meal. Small to Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) chairperson, Mr Davies Muhambi, said the suspension of maize subsidy allocations was negatively impacting …
Middle Sabi ramps up wheat production Herald 1/6/2020 Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter The Middle Sabi area of Manicaland Province is fighting to reclaim its place as one of the biggest wheat producers, with over 1 200 hectares put under the cereal this year. Manicaland Province has put on 7 000ha under winter wheat this …
Tobacco growers fret over exchange rate Herald 1/6/2020 Mr Rodney Ambrose Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Tobacco growers have delivered 41 million kg worth US$94 million to the market, but are concerned over the fixed exchange rate of US$1:$25 used to pay for half their crop, since suppliers are using the far higher black market …
Over 500 farmers to benefit from livestock scheme Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau MORE than 500 small scale livestock farmers in Beitbridge are set to benefit from a three-year livestock development programme that ends this year. Livestock production is one of the major economic drivers in Beitbridge. The programme is being sponsored by the United …
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