Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Wheat harvesting at 33.5 percent The Herald 8/11/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Wheat farmers have harvested 33.5 percent of the crop planted during this winter cropping season as farmers intensify harvesting so they can switch to the summer season crops. According to Agritex’s latest weekly update, by October 29, farmers had harvested 116 726 …
ZERA announces new LPG gas prices The Herald 9/11/2021 Jennifer Mufamba Business Reporter Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has made an upward review of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices to US$2,05 per kg effective from November 8, 2021. The liquid petroleum gas industry had remained an open market without price regulations from ZERA, until …
US$1m Tshikwalakwala irrigation roars back to life Beitbridge East Member of Parliament Albert Nguluvhe (left) inspects progress on the Tshikwalakwala irrigation project recently. — Picture: Thupeyo Muleya. The Herald 9/11/2021 Thupeyo Muleya-Beitbridge Bureau The 65-hectare Tshikwalakwala Irrigation Scheme, in the doldrums for 15 years, has been rehabilitated by Government in partnership with the International …
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Fire season may be officially over but . . . The Herald 9/11/2021 Obert Chifamba-Agri-Insight At least 3 948 veld fire incidences plus 1 033 722,86 hectares of scorched land! These are the glaring statistics that emerged from the just ended 2021 fire season after running its full course from July 31 to October …
Disaster looms at Mkwasine Estates Mkwasine is one of the three big estates together with Triangle and Hippo Valley which grow the bulk of the country’s cane to produce sugar. The Herald 9/11/2021 George Maponga–Masvingo Bureau A major disaster is looming at Mkwasine Estates in Chiredzi where over 9 000 hectares of sugar cane …
Opportunities lie ahead for CSC The Herald 9/11/2021 Bulawayo Bureau SOMETIME in December 2020, the Government moved to avert the liquidation of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) by placing it under a corporate rescue plan in terms of the Insolvency Act while facilitating its revival. Corporate rescue, also known as business rescue or judicial …
Insurance for small scale farmers key The Herald 9/11/2021 Tirivanhu Kateera-Correspondent Over the years, farmers especially communal and small scale farmers have lost produce be it crops or animals to adverse weather effects as the same were not insured. The reasons for not taking up insurance cover vary from farmer to farmer amongst them, …
1 million women trained as Pfumvudza rolls out Herald 9/11/2021 The Pfumvudza programme is one of the key touch points in the Agriculture Recovery Plan, a blueprint aimed at reversing declining production and productivity trends in the agricultural sector. Elita Chikwati–Senior Agriculture Reporter More than 1 million women farmers have been trained under the Government …
Why should you not overlook the consumer buying power? The Chronicle 8/11/2021 By Charles Dhewa ONE of the most overlooked trends in African agriculture-driven economies is the buying power of local consumers. When the private sector, government departments and development agencies support agriculture, they rarely think about whether local consumers will be able to afford …
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New artificial dryer to boost Seed Co sales volumes The Chronicle 9/11/2021 Senior Business Reporter THE recent completion of an artificial maize seed dryer coupled with regional exports and sustained rainfall are expected to boost Seed Co sales volumes. In July this year, Zimbabwe’s leading seed producer commissioned a US$12 million artificial maize seed drying …
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