Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Lands committee to downsize farms Fungai Lupande Mash Central BureauMashonaland Central’s Mazowe District lands committee yesterday resolved to identity large and underutilised farms for redistribution. This follows an address by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Mvuma recently where he said big farms should be downsized to enable more people to benefit from land redistribution. Some …
Extend inputs scheme, say cotton farmers Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterGovernment should extend the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme for cotton farmers beyond this season to allow them to recover from viability challenges that have plagued the industry in successive years, legislators heard. Cotton Company of Zimbabwe officials and cotton farmers told a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee …
Tobacco hectarage declines 5.5 percent Dr John Mangudya Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterTHE area planted under the tobacco crop in the 2017/18 cropping season has declined by 5.5 percent to 104 397 hectares from 110 518ha during the same period last year, official figures show. The decline in area planted under tobacco is largely attributed …
Horticulture exporters cry foul 7 February 17, 2018 2:00 AM Source: Horticulture exporters cry foul | The Financial Gazette February 16, 2018 By Zebb Chakawa Horticulture exporters are crying foul LOCAL horticulture exporters have engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) over payment of freight charges on the back of challenges with international airlines, it has emerged. Fresh …
Zim’s slaughter stock declines 0 February 18, 2018 2:00 AM Source: Zim’s slaughter stock declines | The Financial Gazette February 16, 2018 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor THE supply of beef for slaughter fell sharply during the third and fourth quarters of 2017, resulting in meat prices increasing, figures from the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council …
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ARDA resumes groundnut exports | The Financial Gazette By Ndakaziva Majaka, Deputy Markets Editor ARDA chairman, Basil Nyabadza THE Agriculture Rural Development Authority (ARDA) is set to resume groundnut exports following a six-year hiatus, the parastatal’s chairman has said.ARDA chairman, Basil Nyabadza, said last week the firm had already secured an order from South …