Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Foreign investor for Byo Kraal Chronicle 17/3/2020 Centre pivots lie idle at the under utilised Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter BULAWAYO Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga district is set to get a major boost after the Government secured foreign investor who will inject millions of dollars towards its revitalisation …
Millers call for increase in grain allocations Chronicle 17/3/2020 Small-to-Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe interim chairman Mr Davis Muhambi (left) stresses a point during a Press conference held in Bulawayo last Friday while vice chairman of the southern region Mr Wesley Ncube (centre) and the association treasurer general Mr Thabiso Siyakatshana listen Business Reporter …
Vandalism, squabbles stall Bulawayo Kraal Chronicle 17/3/2020 A centre pivot hangs over a moisture-stressed crop at Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme IT’S a sultry yet windy afternoon in Binga. Ms Lilian Munga (60) rubs her eyes as she squints in reaction to strong light reflecting off the silver surfaces of overhead centre pivots. She has …
New farm size regulations in Zimbabwe: can they encourage land redistribution? 0 March 16, 2020 1:33 PM Source: New farm size regulations in Zimbabwe: can they encourage land redistribution? | zimbabweland In mid-February, the Government of Zimbabwe issued a new set of farm size regulations, arguing that this would release new land for land reform. This announcement arrived out …
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Minister proposes hefty fines on forestry and wildlife crime Sunday Mail 15/3/2020 Norman Muchemwa Fines being charged for illegal forestry and wildlife crimes are low and they have created gaps in deterring would be criminals, Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Mangaliso Ndlovu has said. Minister Ndlovu said this while giving his …
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Smallholder farmers must come together Sunday Mail 15/3/2020 Allan Majuru Trade Focus ZIMBABWE has experienced an increase in smallholder farmers in recent years. Although some of these smallholder farmers can meet local demand, the same cannot be said for the export market, which normally requires huge quantities over prolonged periods. Given this challenge of …
The haunting lair of a limping ghost Sunday Mail 15/3/2020 Stranger then Fiction Tendai Chara NESTLED on the banks of the mighty Zambezi River, some four kilometres from Chirundu Border Post, is the popular Rifa Conservation Education Camp. According to the camp’s website, the wildlife sanctuary was established in 1981. Its main purpose is …
‘400k cattle succumb to disease, drought’ Sunday Mail 15/3/2020 Prince Mushawevato MORE than 350 000 cattle have been lost over the past year to a combination of disease, drought and panic slaughtering, with January Disease (theileriosis) accounting for most of the deaths. Authorities continue to find it difficult to contain the tick-borne disease. “The …
A conveyor belt of diseased meat …Sophisticated trafficking rings emerge Sunday Mail 16/3/2020 Tendai Chara Carnage and disaster! These are two words that can best describe the growing illicit trade of diseased meat between desperate farmers and unscrupulous meat retailers. And it is the unsuspecting consumers that are the ultimate losers. Despite rising alarm, …
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Govt, UN in beekeeping training programme NewsDay 14/3/2020 Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme has embarked on a two-week apiculture training programme for rural communities meant to save the country’s forests. BY SHARON SIBINDI Supported by the Russia government, the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) programme, under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, …