Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
VP Chiwenga pushes production in Binga 0 June 14, 2020 11:07 AM Source: VP Chiwenga pushes production in Binga | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Vusumuzi Dube in Binga Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation scheme here will next month plant its first crop, 16 years after inception. Production at the 15 000-hectare scheme has had false starts since 2004. Vice …
300k cattle succumb to drought, disease 0 June 14, 2020 11:17 AM Source: 300k cattle succumb to drought, disease | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Senior Reporter At least 300 000 cattle died last year owing to drought and disease, a latest national report has revealed. According to the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report 2019/2020 Season, …
VAT exemption for domestic tourism 0 June 15, 2020 2:00 AM Source: VAT exemption for domestic tourism | Sunday Mail (Local News) Sunday Mail Reporter The tourism industry will enjoy Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption on products offered to locals as part of measures to nurse the sector back to health after over two months of Covid-19-induced …
Agri Trends 8 June 2020 Feedlot Market Report
Effect of Plant Growth Regulator on Wheat & Barley Production Background Wheat is the second most important strategic food security crop in Zimbabwe after Maize. Wheat has become a staple crop given high demand of bread other of its products by the urban population. Wheat farming is Zimbabwe’s major winter cropping activity. Wheat contributes about …
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South African Grain Information Services Weekly Bulletin 11 June 2020
Hunger pandemic deepens Posted on June 12, 2020 by The Independent in Business AFRICAN countries must urgently boost their agriculture budgets as well as food stockpiles and keep supplies flowing to avert a likely hunger crisis, currently heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has revealed. MTHANDAZO NYONI Compiled by the African Development Institute (ADI) following a seminar held …
$48m for irrigation revival Herald 12/6/2020 George Maponga Masvingo Bureau At least 10 major irrigation schemes in Masvingo province are set to undergo rehabilitation and expansion using $48 million budgeted for by Treasury under the National Accelerated Irrigation Development Programme (NAIDP). Once implemented successfully, the development is expected to usher in a new era …
Tongaat to utilise Manyuchi Dam Herald 12/6/2020 Minister Chadzamira Masvingo Bureau Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe and some private players have been given the nod by Government to develop 7 000 hectares of virgin land around Manyuchi Dam in Mwenezi for maize and sugar cane production under irrigation. Manyuchi Dam, which was constructed in the mid-1980s, …
Bakeries to contract farmers Herald 12/6/2020 Dr Basera Mash Central Correspondent Bakeries will be compelled to contract wheat farmers to grow at least 40 percent of their requirements to improve food production, Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Dr John Basera has said. Dr Basera said Government did not want bakeries to …