Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco industry must allay farmer fears Herald 30/4/2020 Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Perrance Shiri The 2020 tobacco marketing season opened yesterday, starting with the auction sales and the larger contracted crop following. Farmers are always nervous over two factors they cannot control, the weather and the prices buyers will …
Tobacco fetches US$4/kg on opening day Herald 30/4/2020 Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri announces the opening price for tobacco at the official opening of the 2020 tobacco marketing season at Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare yesterday Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The 2020 tobacco marketing season opened yesterday, amid calls for …
Adopt new grain storage techniques farmers urged Chronicle 30/4/2020 Sydney Mubaiwa in Zaka Communal farmers here have been urged to adopt new grain storage technologies and granary models that reduce post-harvest losses to improve food security. Farmers in Zaka are bracing for very low harvests of grains such as maize and sorghum, following a difficult …
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Tongaat avails 2 000ha for winter maize project Herald 29/4/2020 George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe (THZ) has availed 2 000 hectares for this year’s food initiative that will for the first time also cover traditional grains. This comes as the provincial leadership here has also appealed to Lowveld sugar cane farmers with fallow …
Editorial Comment: Proactive action needed to boost agric production Herald 29/4/2020 REPORTS of a 5 percent decline in the hectarage for maize in the 2019-20 season owing to a combination of factors, bids for a relook at steps that should be taken to ramp up agricultural production, which is vital to achieve national food …
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2020 tobacco marketing season opens today Herald 29/4/2020 Dr Matibiri Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The 2020 tobacco marketing season officially starts today, with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) expressing satisfaction with the level of preparedness at all auction floors, which have complied with Covid-19 preventive measures, including setting up clinics and isolation sites. …
China to help build US$3 billion Sengwa coal plant Chronicle 29/4/2020 RioZim needs about $2.,1 billion to build power plants that would produce up to 1,400 megawatts of electricity. — (Picture RioZim) ZIMBABWE’S Rio Energy Limited, a unit of RioZim Limited, will build a 2,100 megawatt thermal power plant with China Gezhouba Group Corp …
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Victoria Falls Municipality sets up roster for vegetable vendors Chronicle 29/4/2020 Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE Victoria Falls Municipality (VFM) has introduced a roster for vegetable vendors operating at designated markets to ensure social distancing and decongest public areas to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Specific vendors will now be using the market …
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RBZ sticks to 50pc forex payment for tobacco farmers Chronicle 29/4/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter TOBACCO farmers will again this year be paid 50 percent of their deliveries in foreign currency, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announced yesterday ahead of the 2020 marketing season, which begins today. In recent weeks, the Reserve Bank …
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Govt directs GMB to pay farmers within 7 days Chronicle 29/4/2020 Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri. Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT has directed the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to ensure farmers are paid within seven days of delivering their produce to the marketing depot. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural …