Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco merchants mobilise more than $500m 0 February 22, 2018 9:11 AM Source: Tobacco merchants mobilise more than $500m | Newsday (Business) Tobacco merchants have mobilised more than $500 million towards this year’s tobacco marketing season, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA RBZ governor, John Mangudya told NewsDay recently that apart …
Zesa builds $7,5m plant for Beitbridge – February 22, 2018 THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZEDTC) is building a $7,5 million sub-station to meet Beitbridge high’s demand for power and about 25 000 residents are expected to benefit from the plant. By own correspondent The power utility is also lobbying the government …
Carving economic identities essential for smaller farmers Charles DhewaWhile billions of dollars have gone into African agriculture, smallholder farmers and other food producers are yet to be characterised and structured in ways that give them a recognisable economic identity. Unless value chain actors have a clear economic identity, it will remain difficult for them …
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Are robots the answer to agric job shortage? NEW YORK. – Most conversations on workplace automation (a la the mechanical replacement of pizza chefs or cashiers), are accompanied by an alarmist, but valid, question: “Will a robot take my job?” But in the case of the agriculture industry, robots are actually “working” jobs that don’t …
Buffalo power to take Mozambican agric by storm Maputo. – Mozambique is experimenting on using buffaloes as agricultural draught animals and will soon start production of their milk for human consumption, an official has said. The Estação Zooténica de Chobela, a cattle management research unit in the village of Magude, Maputo province, already has 16 …
Farmers import livestock worth $8,4 million Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business ReporterLOCAL farmers have spent $8,4 million importing livestock breeding stock over the last three years as part of efforts to improve breeding efficiency which has plunged over the years, statics availed to this publication by Government’s statistical agency ZimStat have shown. The imports saw cattle …
War vets, chief cross swords over land Fortunate Gora Herald CorrespondentWar veterans in Norton and surrounding areas are up in arms with Chief Nyamweda of Mhondoro-Mubaira whom they accuse of illegally evicting settlers and resettling more than 300 people on grazing land at Nyadgori Farm in the past 15 years. In a statement recently, …
Govt, EU in Save Valley ownership talks George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has initiated talks with the European Union to rectify the skewed ownership structure at the wild-life rich Save Valley Conservancy in the south east Lowveld, which is dominated by foreign players. The majority of about 27 properties at Save Valley are run by …
Manicaland tobacco hectarage up 8,3pc Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland BureauManicaland Province has registered an 8,3 percent increase in the hectarage put under tobacco in the 2017-18 summer cropping season, despite the recent mid-season drought. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) statistics show that 21 302 hectares had been put under the golden leaf as at …
Floods wreak havoc | The Herald Cletus Mushanawani Mash Central BureauSeveral people, including 85 school pupils, have been left stranded in Mashonaland Central province following floods that hit some areas recently after successive days of rains. The 85 pupils from Zingore Primary School in Mt Darwin, have been stuck at the school since Monday …