Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Deboned meat imports down 53% NwesDay 3/8/2020 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI CUMULATIVE imports of mechanically deboned meat (MDM) for the four months to April this year declined by 53% compared to the same period last year as local processors substituted MDM with local products to offset high procurement costs. Data gathered from the Livestock and Meat …
When problems cannot leave cattle industry alone . . . Heraald 4/8/2020 Cattle farmers will readily confess that the late Minister Perrance Shiri had great plans for the cattle industry Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight BEFORE you go through today’s instalment, it is only civil that you observe a minute of silence and pay homage to …
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Preparations for tobacco season off to flying start Herald 4/8/2020 Andrew Muvishi Mashonaland East Correspondent At least 7 000 tobacco farmers in Mashonaland East and Manicaland have received inputs from Voedsel Contract Floors as preparations for the 2021 tobacco season gather momentum. The company is targeting to contract 17 000 tobacco farmers from the …
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Tobacco sector remains firm despite Covid-19 Herald 4/8/2020 Mr Paul Zakariya Sifelani Tsiko Agriculture and Environment Editor Zimbabwe’s tobacco production is expected to stand firm in the next cropping season despite some major markets imposing restrictions on movement, closing borders and in the case of South Africa banning cigarette sales. Even though the Zimbabwe …
White farmers compensation explained Herald 4/8/2020 Political Editor The Global Compensation Deed agreement between the Government and white former farmers whose land was expropriated under land reform makes it clear that there will be no compensation for the land itself, but, as laid down in the Zimbabwean Constitution and law, there will be compensation …
10 more succumb to Covid-19 in one day Herald 4/8/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Ten more Covid-19 deaths were reported yesterday, the second highest daily toll after 12 passed on last Thursday, taking the death toll to 80 while 154 new cases were confirmed, all local infections, taking the cumulative total to 4 075 …
Statutory Instrument 175 of 2020. General Agriculture Wage Statutory Instrument 176 of 2020. Agro Sector Wages Statutory Instrument 177 of 2020. Sugarcane Sector Wages Statutory Instrument 178 of 2020. Tea and Coffee Sector Wages Statutory Intrument 179 of 2020. Kapenta Sector Wages Statutory Instrument 180 of 2020. Timber Sector Wages Statutory Instrument 183 of 2020. …
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Statutory Instrument 168 of 2020. General Agriculture Statutory Instrument 169 of 2020 Wages Kapenta Sector Statutory Instrument 170 of 2020. Wages Tea and Coffee Sector Statutory Instrument 171 of 2020. Wages Horticulture Sector Statutory Instrument 172 of 2020. Wages Agro Sector Statutory Instrument 173 of 2020. Wages Timber Sector
Tobacco sales reach US$383,1m NewsDay 3/8/2020 ZIMBABWE’S tobacco sales have reached US$383,1 million as of day 62, representing 8% growth compared to the same period last year, data from Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has shown. During the same period last year, the golden leaf fetched US$353,3 million.At least 155,8 million kilogrammes have been delivered …
International community backs compensation deal Sunday Mail 2/8/2020 GOVERNMENT and representatives of white former commercial farmers whose land was appropriated during the Fast-Track Land Reform Programme last week sealed a US$3,5 billion compensation deal, effectively putting to rest the land question after two decades of acrimony. Under the Global Compensation Deed (GCD), around 4 000 …