Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa’s fresh headache eDuzeNet 26/2/2021 Cash-strapped government is struggling to raise US$1.75bn to compensate former commercial white farmers who lost their farms under the land reform programme amid revelations a bid to raise funding from development partners and other international financiers has hit a brick wall, Business Times reported. Under the agreement signed at State …
Commodity Exchange Initiative Presentation to Commercial Farmers’ Union
Dam Levels as at 25-Feb-2021 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres) Kariba 64800.00 20377.1 31.4 Tugwi Mukosi 1802.6 2037 113.0 Mutirikwi 1378.08 1175.7 85.3 Manyame 480.23 342.9 71.4 Osborne 401.64 224.9 56.0 Mazvikadei 343.815 235.05 68.4 Manyuchi 309.06 320.8 103.8 Manjirenji 274.17 249.5 91.0 …
2020 egg production reaches new high By Newsday.Co.Zw – February 26, 2021 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI TABLE egg production in the country last year reached a new high of 59,3 million dozens, surpassing the previous year’s production by 18%, according to Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) chairperson Solomon Zawe. He said fourth quarter large-scale table egg production, however, decreased …
Tobacco contractor targets US$75m sales Herald 26/2/2021 file pic Andrew Muvishi Mash East Correspondent Mashonaland East leading tobacco contracting company Voedsel is targeting to rake in US$75 million from tobacco sales. Good rains received in various parts of the country have brightened prospects of improved tobacco yields for many farmers. The Marondera-based tobacco auction …
Huge uptake for John Deere equipment facility Herald 26/2/2021 John Deere tractor Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Farmers have responded overwhelmingly to the John Deere Mechanisation facility, with 54 of the 60 tractors availed so far being taken up. President Mnangagwa last year launched the US$51 million John Deere Mechanisation facility, which is expected to …
Marking of another milestone Chronicle 26/2/2021 President Mnangagwa (left) was yesterday received by Vice-President Chiwenga, Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Cde Judith Ncube, among others ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline and the commissioning of the Epping Forest water project in Nyamandlovu Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter TODAY …
Farmers’ officers receive artificial insemination training Chronicle 26/2/2021 Cleopatra S Ncube, a veterinary extension worker, from Ward 19, in Insiza District during a cattle artificial insemination training workshop in Bulawayo recently Munya Simango AGRITEX and Department of Veterinary Services extension officers from Insiza and Matobo districts received artificial insemination training in Bulawayo recently. The …
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Century old dream comes to life Chronicle 26/2/2021 President Mnangagwa operates an excavator during a groundbreaking ceremony of the Gwayi-Shangani-Bulawayo pipeline in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North yesterday. Nduduzo Tshuma, Political Editor THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam project will be completed in December this year with the 245km pipeline that connects the dam to Bulawayo set to be …
Veterinary Services Department neglects farmers despite theileriosis outbreak in Masvingo 0 February 25, 2021 9:47 AM Masvingo Province has been hit again by a new wave of cattle deaths that has left many farmers with empty pens. Source: Veterinary Services Department neglects farmers despite theileriosis outbreak in Masvingo – The Zimbabwean The local farmers who spoke to Community …