Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zesa scales down load-shedding 0 August 14, 2019 2:28 PM Source: Zesa scales down load-shedding | Herald (Top Stories) Mr Gwasira Yeukai Karengezeka Herald Correspondent Zesa Holdings has downgraded load-shedding from Stage Two to Stage One after it started receiving 400MW from Eskom of South Africa last Thursday, an official has said. Zesa will now cut …
Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme August 2019
Has Zim’s land question been solved? Financial Gazette 8/8/2019 Tabitha Mutenga The overarching objective of the three phases of the land and agrarian reforms in Zimbabwe since 1980 was to improve the welfare of ordinary Zimbabweans and resolve the century-long land dispute that culminated in the first and second Chimurenga war. The land question in …
National Renewable Energy Policy
There is no reason why we keep starving By Newsday – August 8, 2019 EDITORIAL COMMENT IT is heartening at this critical point in time that we have some very close friends out there who keep remembering us and have pledged to find us the US$500 million in food aid we need to help some more than …
Farmers get new lease of life By Newsday – August 8, 2019 BY PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI GWERU — When maize farming, which had been a lucrative enterprise for many years, ceased to be profitable due to a number of challenges, Francisca Paramu of Umsungwe Block in Vungu Rural District Council thought she was down and out. From as …
Govt urges private sector to fund farmers Herald 8/8/2019 Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Government has called upon the private sector to complement its efforts of revitalising the agriculture sector by contracting farmers to produce raw materials for their industries, rather than depending on imports. This was said by Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural …
Pay back Command Agric loans: Minister Herald 8/8/2019 Minister Mavhunga Lawrence Chitumba Mashonaland Central Correspondent Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs Monica Mavhunga has urged farmers who got money from the Command Agriculture Programme to repay the loans to facilitate rotation of the funds. She said the programme, which was introduced by …
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Green energy key to attaining Vision 2030 Herald 8/8/2019 The country is facing an energy crisis that has seen key sectors of the economy resorting to diesel generators, a scenario the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Harare branch chairperson, Mr Mike Kamungeremu, recently said was costing firms US$0,40 per kilowatt …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Drought mitigation measures to avert starvation Chronicle 8/8/2019 ZIMBABWE’s food security situation remains dire due to the El-Nino induced drought which has resulted in the country harvesting less than 50 percent of average annual production of maize spawning a severe depletion of the nation’s strategic grain reserves. Government estimates the maize harvest …