Independent, Author at Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe

Dispossessed ex-commercial farmers decry discrimination

by IndependentCompensation March 20, 2020No Comments

Dispossessed ex-commercial farmers decry discrimination Independent 20/3/2020 NYASHA CHINGONO WHITE commercial farmers who lost their land during the chaotic agrarian reforms in 2000 have bemoaned the government’s preferential treatment of foreign farmers who are being compensated for lost land. This comes after it emerged that the government compensated 11 dispossessed Dutch farmers by awarding them …

Govt relaxes biofuels policy – The Zimbabwe Independent

by IndependentIndigenisation March 20, 2020No Comments

Govt relaxes biofuels policy – The Zimbabwe Independent 20/3/2020 Melody Chikono GOVERNMENT is set to relax the indigenisation law that governs shareholding in the production of ethanol and biofuels as it seeks to avert the fuel crisis by promoting local production in the face of surging national requirements of petrol and diesel of 3,3 million …

Indigenous farmers cry foul over new compensation rules

by IndependentCompensation March 20, 2020No Comments

Indigenous farmers cry foul over new compensation rules Posted on March 20, 2020 by The Independent in Main News Nyasha Chingono OVER 300 former black commercial farmers, who lost land during the 2000 chaotic land reform programme, say the recently gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 62 of 2020 was a calculated ploy by Zimbabwe’s broke government to dodge compensating for land …

Mash Central tobacco farmer gets tractor

by HeraldAgriculture March 20, 2020No Comments

Mash Central tobacco farmer gets tractor Herald 20/3/2020 Lawrence Chitumba Mash Central Bureau Government has pledged to allocate a plot to Bindura farmer Mrs Tracy Shani who won a 45 horsepower tractor after coming first in tobacco small holder farmers during the Zimbabwe Agriculture Show in 2018. A visibly elated Mrs Shani, who is …

New banana varieties for Rusitu Valley

by HeraldAgriculture March 20, 2020No Comments

New banana varieties for Rusitu Valley Herald 20/3/2020 Primary and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema and Zimbabwe Schools Water and Agriculture Project managing director Mr Anthony Mackintosh (middle) listen to Glen View Primary School Headmaster Mr Jethro Manyau (left) during a tour of the school’s banana project in Harare yesterday — (Picture by Kudakwashe …

MDC-A in surprise land reform climbdown

by HeraldPolitics March 20, 2020No Comments

MDC-A in surprise land reform climbdown Herald 20/3/2020 Mr Tendai Biti Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter In a surprise major climbdown after 20 years, MDC-Alliance has acknowledged the Land Reform Programme and its importance and now wants Government to use a constitutional amendment to return farms falling under Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPAS) …

Renewable energy policies vital for power sustenance

by HeraldZESA March 20, 2020No Comments

Editorial Comment: Renewable energy policies vital for power sustenance Herald 20/3/2020 The launch of the National Renewable Energy Policy (NREP) and the Bio-fuels Policy of Zimbabwe represents a major milestone in our country’s efforts to catalyse the transition to renewable energy — a key step in the attainment of Strategic Development Goal (SDG) number …

‘No going back on land reform, Zimdollar’

by HeraldPolitics March 20, 2020No Comments

‘No going back on land reform, Zimdollar’ Herald 20/3/2020 President Mnangagwa Manicaland Bureau President Mnangagwa on Wednesday stressed that land reform was irreversible and the Government would not substitute the local currency — the Zimbabwe dollar — despite machinations to destabilise and destroy it. He made the remarks when he addressed a rally at …

Potential abounds in new agriculture model

by ChronicleAgriculture March 20, 2020No Comments

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Potential abounds in new agriculture model Chronicle 20/3/2020 Minister Perrance Shiri At 900kg per hectare, the average maize yield in the local smallholder sector is too little. In an effort to boost their yields, some smallholders resort to extensification of their operations, meaning that they expand their areas under cultivation. Indeed, in good …

Zimbabwe adopts new agric recovery strategy