Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zim tourism sector calls for recovery programme Herald 27/5/2020 Victoria Falls is Zimbabwe’s premier tourist destination Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Business Reporter Travel and tourism players in the country have approached Government to intervene with a recovery plan for the sector, which is among the hardest hit by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The global travel …
‘New cotton hybrid a game changer’ Herald 27/5/2020 Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter Several Zimbabwean cotton farmers have embraced new hybrid seed after recording higher yields compared with traditional pollinated varieties. Last year, The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco), introduced the hybrid variety and it has been observed that boll count on hybrid was …
Duty on flour, maize meal suspended Herald 27/5/2020 Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof Mthuli Ncube Herald Reporter Customs duty on imported wheat flour and maize meal has been suspended for six months from 22 May to 21 November in terms of regulations gazetted yesterday by Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof …
Maize deliveries to GMB reach 23 000 tonnes Chronicle 27/5/2020 GMB silos Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau The Grain Marketing Board has now received 23 952 tonnes of maize since the beginning of the grain marketing season on April 1, almost three times the 8 952 tonnes delivered in the same period last year. Grain …
Covid-19 lockdown in Zim: a disaster for farmers Chronicle 27/5/2020 Farmers have suffered due to movement restrictions, clearing and the collapse of markets in major cities and towns Ian Scoones Over the last few weeks we have been tracking what’s been happening in our rural study sites in Zimbabwe as a result of the …
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COURT WATCH 7/2020 [26th May 2020] High Court Protects Value of US Dollar Deposits In an important judgment delivered on the 14th May, High Court Judge Happias Zhou declared that a directive issued by the Reserve Bank under the Exchange Control Act was unconstitutional because, by converting existing bank deposits from US dollars to RTGS …
Latest on Mbanje (Cannabis) farming in Zimbabwe (FULL STATEMENT) MyZimbabwe By Tanya Mugabe – 25 May 2020 The government of Zimbabwe has announced a change in the policy that governs the investment and production of medicinal cannabis in the country. Last year, the government approved the industrial production of hemp for the export market and …
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NEC Agriculture General Agriculture Wage Effective 1 May 2020
Oil giant pushes castor bean production By Newsday – May 22, 2020 LEADING oil processing giant company, Castor Oil, has embarked on a programme to support small-scale and commercial farmers in growing the essential castor beans crop, which the firm believes has a potential to boost Zimbabwe’s fuel capacity. BY BRENNA MATENDERE/ TERRY MADYAUTA In an …
Bindura residents scramble for fertilizer waste – NewsDay Zimbabwe 25/5/2020 Over 100 Bindura residents scramble daily for fertilizer waste dumped behind Bindura Sports Club by manufacturing company Fertilizer Seed Grain (FSG), which they collect for resale. BY TAFADZWA KACHIKO When NewsDay visited the site last week, people — newcomers and regulars — were eagerly waiting …