Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Could soil contain the answer to food shortages? Herald 8/1/2019 The solution to reducing food shortages is restoring soil health — Image: Shutterstock As water shortages, high temperatures and rising greenhouse gas emissions threaten food production, countries around the world are looking somewhere new for solutions — the soil. For decades, farmers who sought …
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Gun profiling step in right direction Herald 8/1/2019 We start the new year with the good news that police have started creating a record of the unique profile of every firearm in the country. Profiling is a process of registering and keeping a record against a mark left on the bullet’s expended cartridge, when …
More cane hectarage under new farmers in Lowveld Chronicle 8/1/2020 Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe George Maponga, Masvingo Bureau The size of cane plantations owned by indigenous out grower farmers in the Lowveld continues to expand with new farmers now accounting for 25 000 hectares, as more prospective local farmers wait on the wings to join growing …
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Met Office warns of floods Chronicle 8/1/2020 Meteorological Services Department Columbus Mabika and Yeukai Tazira, Harare Bureau The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) says it is on high alert for any disasters, including floods or any unexpected eventuality. This came after the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warned of isolated wind thunderstorms, which may cause floods …
‘Collaborate to ease drought effects’ Chronicle 8/1/2020 Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau GOVERNMENT and communities in Matabeleland region, especially Beitbridge should jointly work with small-scale farmers in mitigating the effects of a devastating drought that has killed a lot of livestock. Zanu-PF Beitbridge West legislator Mrs Ruth Maboyi said this in a recent interview with Business Chronicle highlighting …
Millers import 30 000t wheat Chronicle 8/1/2019 Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe Oliver Kazunga, Acting Business Editor THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has imported 30 000 tonnes of bread-making wheat using free funds to augment wheat stocks in the country. Speaking by telephone from Harare yesterday, GMAZ media and public relations manager …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Farmers must not lose hope Chronicle 8/1/2019 The country was supposed to be in the middle of the wet season now with agricultural activities in full swing, crops deep green and thriving and livestock at their shiny best but the skies have been uncharitable. As it has been extremely hot and dry …
Rainwater harvesting panacea to water woes Herald 7/1/2020 Spencer Matara lays a pipe that leads from the filtration tanks into a well. – Picture: Kimberly Kazungu Sallomy Matare Municipal Reporter IN an era where climate change is taking its toll on many countries, it has become imperative for nations across the globe to undertake …
Let’s not walk the 2019 route on tobacco Herald 7/1/2020 Stakeholders like the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) and contractors should take time to review how and where they can improve services to farmers Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THE opening of the 2019 tobacco marketing season coincided with new developments in the economy, which …
Crops situation in Midlands dire Herald 7/1/2020 Midlands Bureau The crop situation in the Midlands province is dire with most now a write-off, provincial crop and livestock officer Mrs Madelina Magwenzi has said. She said the only hope was with irrigated crops. “We are still in the process of assessing the crop situation district-by-district, …