Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Youths want land 2-2 minutes The Herald Mash West Bureau YOUTHS in Hurungwe district have called on the new Government to prioritise farm downsizing to enable them to benefit and help in the country’s development. The youths said they wanted to help increase production on the farms, saying large swathes of land were being …
Osborne Dam ‘underutilised’ 3-3 minutes The Herald Wimbainashe Zhakata Mutare Correspondent Authorities have raised concern that the $300 million Osborne Dam project in Mutasa district is lying idle more than a decade after its completion, despite numerous business opportunities available at the site. The Osborne Dam site on Odzi River was identified in the …
Veld fires ravage 30 000ha 3-3 minutes Scenes like this have become common in Seke, Chikomba, Goromonzi and Marondera areas of Mashonaland East, according to EMA. – File photo The Herald Victor Maphosa Mash East CorrespondentAt least 30 180 hectares in Mashonaland East Province were affected by veld fires in August, an official from …
‘Turn Lowveld into agric hub’ 4-4 minutes The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi Great Zimbabwe University Vice Chancellor Professor Rungano Zvobgo has urged farmers in the Lowveld to increase agricultural production by taking advantage of abundant water bodies in the region that can be exploited for irrigation purposes. Professor Zvobgo said the Lowveld could …
Farmers who do things differently will beat El Nino 6-7 minutes The Herald Climate Jeffrey Gogo Once again Zimbabwe this year faces the bleak prospect of another El Nino, the second such event in three years. In a country where the periodic phenomenon is slowly becoming the norm, rather than the exception, El Nino …
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More financiers for Command Agric 4-6 minutes The Herald Africa Moyo Senior Business Reporter Command Agriculture, a special maize import substitution programme, has attracted more private sector financiers such as National Foods Limited and Northern Farming. Homelink Group, a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), has also joined Command Agriculture with a …
Normal to below-normal rainfall forecast for Sadc 7-9 minutes The Chronicle SOUTHERN Africa is expected to receive erratic rainfall in the 2018/19 agricultural season, according to the latest outlook produced by regional climate experts who predict that seasonal rainfall will be “normal to below-normal” across most of the region, except for Tanzania. The consensus …
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Forex shortages threaten Command Agriculture Source: Forex shortages threaten Command Agriculture | Daily News HARARE – The country’s food security is under threat this year amid revelations that government is facing a critical shortage of foreign currency which is required for Zimbabwe’s main agro-import substitution programme — Command Agriculture. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has placed the programme …
President clears air on mbanje 2-3 minutes Elita Chikwati and Mary MuradzikwaGovernment will only legalise production of industrial cannabis and will put in place regulations to control its production, President Mnangagwa has said. He was speaking during a question and answer session at the sixth annual Agribusiness Conference held at the Exhibition Park on …
Small grains provide food security in climate change affected Gwanda 3-4 minutes Gwanda district in south eastern Zimbabwe is located in agro ecological region 5 which is characterized by low rainfall which rarely exceeds 650mm per year and is poorly distributed. Source: Small grains provide food security in climate change affected Gwanda – The StandardSeptember 2, …
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