Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Law and hazardous substances at ports of entry November 29, 2017 Business Hazardous substances are an integral part of our day to day living. The use of these HS is wide spread across all forms of industry yet their mismanagement can cause fatal irreversible environmental and health impacts. The most common hazardous substances used in Zimbabwe …
Govt should extend 12pc farmers’ export incentive November 29, 2017 Business Mr Chabikwa Kiyapili Sibanda Bulawayo BureauGOVERNMENT should extend the 12 percent export incentive to horticulture farmers to boost their production and increase foreign currency earnings for the economy, farmer organisations have said. Tobacco is the top agriculture export earner in Zimbabwe accounting for 64 percent of …
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Farmers bemoan ‘unfriendly’ policies November 29, 2017 MANICALAND & MASH EAST, Top Stories Mr Zakariya Obert Chifamba Manicaland BureauThe Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) is working with farmers in Manicaland in a programme dubbed “Inclusive Policy Dialogue for Social Development” that seeks to analyse how current agricultural policies impact on productivity. ZFU executive director Mr Paul Zakariya yesterday said they …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Activate strategies to tackle fall armyworm now The armyworm The fall armyworm, unknown in Southern Africa until December 2016, is now among the pests that our grain producers have to contend with this season and perhaps more to come. It is native to the Americas but was spotted in West Africa early …
Urban farmers intensify planting November 28, 2017 HARARE METROPOLITAN An unidentified family plants maize in their plot in Harare during the weekend. Farmers have taken advantage of the recent rains to fast-track planting Audrey Rundofa and Primrose NyanzeroUrban farmers in Harare have taken advantage of the recent rains to intensify planting as the 2017 /2018 farming …
Fall armyworm on the march in Chipinge November 28, 2017 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Luthando Mapepa Chipinge CorrespondentFall armyworm is destroying maize crops at Musikavanhu Irrigation Scheme in Chipinge, one of the biggest such schemes in the country. In an interview last week, the irrigation scheme’s committee member, Mr Allen Dube, said their maize crop, which is at …
70 000t small grains delivered to GMB November 28, 2017 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Dr Made George Maponga Masvingo BureauMore than 70 000 tonnes of small grains have been delivered by farmers to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots countrywide in the wake of a bumper harvest realised in the 2016-17 agricultural season. Sorghum makes up the bulk of the …
Pest destroys 10ha of tomatoes in Chegutu November 28, 2017 MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Walter Nyamukondiwa Mashonaland West BureauThe Tuta Absoluta pest, commonly known as the tomato leaf miner moth, has destroyed more than 10 hectares of a tomatoes in Mashonaland West Province. The most affected farmers are in Chegutu, who were contracted by Best Fruit Processors …
Fruit production: venturing into new fields Tapuwa MashangwaTHEY say that good things come to those that wait and there is no sector to which this saying can be better applied than in agriculture. From acquiring seeds, planting, irrigation, fertilisation, weed, pest and disease control up to the moment of harvesting, patience is a requisite …
50 birds mysteriously die in Hwange – November 27, 2017 MORE than 50 birds died at Hwange National Park at the weekend after allegedly feeding on suspected poisoned wheat from Zambia. By Nokuthaba Dlamini Bhejane Trust founder Trevor Lane said the poisoning, which is yet to be properly diagnosed has been witnessed at various watering …