Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers want surrogate contractors taken out Herald 13/7/2021 Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Government has been urged not to licence surrogate contractors for the forthcoming tobacco season and mobilise local funding for the growth of the crop for the benefit of farmers and the nation. This was said by representatives of tobacco growing farmers’ organisations …
800 000 households receive tick grease Herald 13/7/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter More than 800 000 households countrywide have received free tick grease under the Presidential Blitz Tick grease programme, with the initiative proving effective in reducing the number of cattle succumbing to Theileriosis, popularly known as January Disease. According to the Department …
Tobacco farmers’ efforts going up in smoke through nocturnal deliveries Herald 13/7/2021 The police have warned farmers against making night deliveries Obert Chifamba Agric-Insight NOT so long ago, stories of robbers or thieves targeting raw agricultural products like tobacco or any other crop being delivered to the floors were not only a rarity, but …
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BCC to decommission 2 dams next year By Newsday – July 10, 2021 BY SILAS NKALA BULAWAYO City Council says it might be forced to decommission two of its six major supply dams — Umzingwane and Lower Ncema — in February and May 2022, respectively, due to the poor rainwater inflows experienced during the 2020-2021 rain season. …
CSC investor starts abattoir refurbishment By Newsday – July 12, 2021 By NQOBANI NDLOVU UNITED Kingdom- based Cold Storage Commission (CSC) investor, Boustead Beef Limited, last week began refurbishing the company’s abattoir in preparation for its re-opening, Southern Eye can reveal. In 2019, government entered into a partnership agreement with Boustead Limited to revive CSC. The investor promised to …
Experts warn of tobacco re-growth Herald 9/7/2021 A farmer weeding his tobacco Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Agriculture experts are worried about tobacco re-growth in many areas as this may result in the spread of pests and diseases to the new plants still in seedbeds. Tobaccos stalks should be destroyed by May 15, every …
SADC should embrace marijuana production to counter tobacco ban Herald 12/7/2021 It is highly an undisputed fact that marijuana is a more environmentally friendly crop compared to tobacco which requires firewood or coal for curing Pardon Muzawazi Correspondent In recent years, anti-tobacco lobbyists globally are gaining ground in their bid to drive the golden …
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Cannabis-Growing Gathers Momentum in Zimbabwe 0 July 10, 2021 6:27 AM Source: Cannabis-Growing Gathers Momentum in Zimbabwe | Voice of America – English Dr. Zorodzai Maroveke, head of Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust, seen here in a Beatrice farming area on July 7, 2021, says Zimbabwe is making a smart choice with cannabis, since the tobacco market is shrinking. …
No to invading timber plantations: President 0 July 11, 2021 2:34 PM Sunday Mail Manicaland Bureau Invading timber plantations and changing their land use should not be tolerated, President Mnangagwa has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri during the commissioning of state-of-the-art machinery by Allied …
Grain farmers rake in $10bn 0 July 11, 2021 2:39 PM Sunday mail Rudo Mandiro FARMERS have pocketed more than $10 billion for grain deliveries in the first three months of this year’s grain marketing season. The Grain Marketing Board had received over 400 000 tonnes of cereals by Tuesday, nearly five times the amount of …