Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
‘No going back on land reform, Zimdollar’ Herald 20/3/2020 President Mnangagwa Manicaland Bureau President Mnangagwa on Wednesday stressed that land reform was irreversible and the Government would not substitute the local currency — the Zimbabwe dollar — despite machinations to destabilise and destroy it. He made the remarks when he addressed a rally at …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Potential abounds in new agriculture model Chronicle 20/3/2020 Minister Perrance Shiri At 900kg per hectare, the average maize yield in the local smallholder sector is too little. In an effort to boost their yields, some smallholders resort to extensification of their operations, meaning that they expand their areas under cultivation. Indeed, in good …
Zimbabwe adopts new agric recovery strategy Chronicle 20/3/2020 Business Reporter GOVERNMENT has adopted a new conservation agriculture model called, Pfumvudza/Intwasa, that seeks to increase household food security across provinces through commercialising small holder farming. Developing robust agriculture value chains and channelling adequate support to specialised farming segments are at the heart of the model, …
Chamisa’s MPs against Mnangagwa seizing idle land from black beneficiaries by newzimbabwe 19/3/2020 OPPOSITION MPs Wednesday slammed the Zanu-PF led government for policy inconsistency following a decision by the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration to seize idle land from black beneficiaries for redistribution to white Zimbabweans. The move was introduced by government through Statutory Instrument (SI) …
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Climate change poser for national parks NewsDay 19/3/2020 BY ANDREW KUNAMBURA “We are being watched,” a Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) game ranger, acting as tour guide, exclaimed. He is pointing to the left as the lead vehicle in a convoy taking United Nations deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed and her delegation on …
Trust eyes 5 000ha for winter maize project Herald 19/3/2020 Munashe Bote of Bote Village, Mudzi (pictured right), inspects some of his traditional grains over the weekend. The young farmer is expecting a bumper harvest from traditional grains which thrive in drought-prone regions George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Masvingo Development Trust (MDT) is negotiating with Lowveld …
Human-wildlife conflict spawns strategic plan Herald 19/3/2020 Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau STAKEHOLDERS in Kariba have come together to craft a strategic plan to mitigate human/wildlife conflict, amid growing concerns over human encroachment into wildlife habitats. Widespread conflicts are common in occupied buffer zones in Hurungwe, Gokwe, Hwange and Mhangura, among other areas, where animal-borne diseases …
Tongaat eyes US$30m Moza investment Herald 19/3/2020 Tongaat-Hulett Maputo. — The South African company Tongaat Hulett, the majority shareholder in the Xinavane and Mafambisse sugar mills, in the Mozambican provinces of Maputo and Sofala respectively, has promised to invest about 500 million rands (about US$29,5 million to reactivate production. The decision to make new …
Renewable energy policy set for launch Herald 19/3/2020 Nesia Mhaka Herald Correspondent President Mnangagwa will today launch the National Renewable Energy and the Bio-fuels Policies of Zimbabwe in Harare, a move that will create a conducive environment for the development of renewable energy. The policies seek to promote optimal supply and utilisation of energy …
Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry 40 years on Herald 19/3/2020 A significant number of indigenous Zimbabwean farmers are starting to show their potential in growing the golden leaf Tawanda Musarurwa Emerging at independence as a largely white-dominated sector, Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector has come a long way to its present state, where it is one of the …