Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Sugarcane price drops by 10% Sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld have blasted Tongaat Hullett’s decision to slash the price of sugarcane by 10% per tonne for the 2014-2015 harvest, saying the move would plunge them into poverty. By Tatenda Chitagu Tongaat used to buy a tonne of sugarcane at $577, but the price has …
Strategic Grain Reserve to the rescue by Sunday Mail Reporter | Sunday, May 24, 2015 | 446 views White Maize Government will soon distribute 138 000 tonnes of maize from the Strategic Grain Reserve to communities whose harvests failed in the predominantly dry 2014-15 summer cropping season. Households will receive a package whose contents will be …
Minister Undenge explains power cuts by Debra Matabvu | Sunday, May 24, 2015 | 699 views Electricity cuts affecting many parts of Zimbabwe are being caused by technical faults in power generation plants across the Southern Africa region, Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge has explained. Dr Undenge told The Sunday Mail that due …
Millers threaten minister with lawsuit by kuda bwititi | Sunday, May 17, 2015 | 288 views Dr Made THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has threatened to drag Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made to court over his decision to allow cheap maize meal imports. There is discord over the issue after Industry …
Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers Posted on May 10, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M — via Cabinet okays new land rentals for farmers | The Herald May 9, 2015 by George Maponga Commercial and communal land reform farm beneficiaries will — from this year — start paying rentals, with the funds being channelled towards compensating white former farmers who gave way to …