Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Forex relief for tobacco farmers Herald 13/3/2020 Ishemunyoro Chingwere and Elita Chikwati Tobacco farmers will this year have unlimited access to foreign currency from the sale of their crop after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) designated tobacco proceeds as free funds. Last year farmers were getting 50 percent of their earnings in United …
Agric recovery plan targets 5 000 irrigation farmers Herald 13/3/2020 Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau FIVE-THOUSAND highly productive irrigated farms countrywide will receive full contract farming support, including adequate fuel and uninterrupted power supply under the Government’s Agricultural Recovery Plan. In addition, about 1,6 million vulnerable households will be put under a climate-proofed Presidential Input …
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Zambia braces for water shortage Lake Kariba Zambia is facing severe water and electricity shortages after a lengthy drought, with reservoir levels remaining worryingly low despite recent rains. Water levels in Lake Kariba, the world’s largest artificial lake at more than 5 500 sq km, have dropped by six metres in the past three …
Work smarter, not always harder: ED Chronocle 13/3/2020 President Mnangagwa shows his soya bean crop to Minister of Defence Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri during a tour of his Pricabe Farm in Kwekwe yesterday. — (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday challenged farmers to embrace technology so they can work …
Pains, cures of agric funding in Zim Financial Gazette 12/3/2020 Shadreck Chinembiri AGR1CULTURAL financing in Zimbabwe has evolved over the years, from pre-independence models to the current state of affairs. However farmers face considerable pain to access appropriate financing that meets their needs. Sometimes it actually feels as if the country has regressed in …
Repossessed land up for foreign investment Financial Gazette 12/3/2020 Tabitha Mutenga Managing Editor JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the government is repossessing land from multiple farm owners for re-distribution as well as possible investment activities. This was after government had recently confirmed that Belarus was interested in investing in crop and livestock production, agro-processing, …
Govt returns black-owned farms Financial Gazette 12/3/2020 Tabitha Mutenga Managing Editor PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has signalled an intention to return farms seized from indigenous farmers and foreign investors, as the government seeks to spruce up its image and has seemingly buckled under international pressure to restore property rights, analysts have said. As South African ambassador …
Bulk maize imports expected this year. Financial Gazette 12/3/2020 Tabitha Mutenga Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government is expected to import the bulk of the estimated 2,4 million tonnes of maize required by the Southern African Development Community to avert hunger during the 2019/2020 season, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. The FAO 2020 Crop Prospects …
The ‘secret weapon’ to agro-industrialisation Financial Gazette 6/3/2020 Mandivamba Rukuni THE 2019/20 season is most certainly going to contribute to further slowdown in Zimbabwe’s economic recovery agenda. It is now crucial that we have re-think both the food security and the re-industrialisation strategies in the long term. Before I go deeper into that though …
Respect property rights – SA envoy Financial Gazette 6/3/2020 Paul Nyakazeya Group Digital Editor ZIMBABWE must urgently correct issues around property rights, bilateral agreements, dividend repatriation and the elimination of cartels-driven graft as well as encouragement of industrial competition if it is to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and resuscitate its floundering economy,. South …