Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco auctions join exemptions list Herald 22/4/2020 Herald Reporter Tobacco auctions join mining and manufacturing in the latest set of exemptions to the national lockdown under a statutory instrument gazetted yesterday that gives legal force to President Mnangagwa’s statement about exemptions on Sunday. SI93 of 2020, the fourth amendment to the original lockdown regulations, …
Cotton farmers seek Govt subsidy Herald 22/4/2020 Business Reporter STAKEHOLDERS in Zimbabwe’s cotton industry are seeking a subsidy on cotton producer price during the forthcoming season after international lint prices crushed to historic levels due to coronavirus. The lint prices are down by 33 percent to US49c per pound from around US70c the same …
Basic food price freeze agreed Herald 22/4/2020 Minister Mutsvangwa Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Private sector producers and retailers have agreed with the Government to freeze prices of essential foods as part of measures to cope with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown measures required to contain the threat. The envisaged moratorium, still to …
Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow — UN Chronicle 22/4/2020 GENEVA — The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances …
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Amacimbi harvesters defy lockdown order Chronicle 22/4/2020 Amacimbi harvesters along Solusi Road near Bulawayo recently Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent MOPANE worm harvesters are continuing to flock to different parts of Matabeleland South Province to harvest amacimbi in defiance of the lockdown order issued by President Mnangagwa. The President extended the lockdown by two weeks …
Farmers get nod to sell directly to consumers Chronicle 22/4/2020 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE Midlands Provincial Covid-19 Taskforce committee has allowed fresh produce farmers to sell directly to consumers as opposed to vendors to limit contact of people as part of measures to curb the spread of the virus. On Sunday, President …
BILL WATCH 17/2020 [20th April 2020] Covid-19 : SIs Underpinning Lock-down Extension In a speech delivered at 4.30 p.m. yesterday, the President announced that the lock-down would continue for another 14 days, ending at midnight on Sunday the 3rd May – two days before schools are due to re-open. With commendable promptness the Government published …
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There will be life after Covid-19 Herald 21/4/2020 In these times of the Covid-19 pandemic, farmers must learn to harvest small quantities which can be sold and exhausted in a day and avoid ferrying huge quantities to the market where very few buyers are coming Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THE bulk of humanity’s day-to-day activities …
Opening of tobacco sales floors put on hold Herald 21/4/2020 Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter The 2020 tobacco marketing season which was scheduled to open yesterday has been postponed to allow stakeholders to devise mechanisms to sell the crop while ensuring minimum risks of spreading the Covid-19 pandemic. This was said by Lands, Agriculture, Water, …
A pandemic-driven food crisis in Africa can be prevented Chronicle 21/4/2020 We have only just begun to see the far-ranging consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. Chief among those is the threat of a food crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Unless measures are taken fast to keep global food supply chains operational and …
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