Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
AfDB presses for US$1bn agric facility The Sunday Mail 12/9/2021 Martin Kadzere AFRICAN leaders should push for establishment of the US$1 billion facility to support agriculture transformation systems at the United Nations Food Systems Summit to be held in a fortnight, African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina (pictured) has said. The facility, expected …
Why potato crop is of commercial importance The Sunday Mail 12/9/2021 Word from the market with AMA Zimbabwe has a well-established history of potato production. Apart from giving high returns per invested dollar to the farmer, the crop contributes significantly to the nation’s food security. As such, the Government declared potato as one of the …
Pawpaw fruit ripe with golden opportunities The Sunday Mail 12/9/2021 Trade Focus Allan Majuru HEALTH and well-being are now among the foremost factors influencing food and beverage consumption choices in 2021. Much of the discourse in consumer circles now centres around the production and consumption of immunity-boosting foods. This is partly a direct response to …
Quelea flocks devour winter wheat – The Standard By The Standard 12/9/2021 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA AT least 30% of this year’s winter wheat crop could be wiped out by quelea birds, Standardbusiness heard on Friday, as farmers called for immediate action. Shocked farmers union leaders told this publication that national output targets were under threat as flocks …
Cottco loses 7% to black market – The Standard By The Standard 12/9/2021 BY SHAME MAKOSHORI ZIMBABWE’S biggest cotton dealer Cottco, says it has lost 7% of the crop it funded this season under the contract farming system to black market kingpins. Cottco managing director Pious Manamike said statistics released during a meeting with Agriculture …
Cottco rolls out massive Pfumvudza scheme ByNewsday 10/9/2021 BY SHAME MAKOSHORI STATE-RUN cotton dealer, Cottco, says it is ready to roll out a massive expansion drive this season, with over 500 000 growers to benefit from inputs under a new Pfumvudza Cotton scheme. Managing director Pious Manamike told journalists in Harare on Wednesday that the …
Govt projects increase in barley hectarage ByNewsday 13/9/2021 BY FREEMAN MAKOPA GOVERNMENT is projecting barley hectarage to increase to 360 000 in the next three years up from the current 7 000 hectares owing to an accelerated irrigation plan that has been put in place, a government official has said. “We have accelerated the irrigation …
Africa steps up efforts to save vultures from extinction The Herald 13/9/2021 Sifelani Tsiko-Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor The recent launch of the Vulture Conservation Forum by BirdLife Africa – a platform of its network of partners and collaborators from more than 28 countries across the continent – is a great step that will …
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ZETDC releases power cuts schedule The Herald 13/9/2021 Herald Reporter Zesa Holdings has been hit by generation constraints at Hwange Thermal Power Station, the need to cut back at Kariba South for the dam rehabilitation work and limited imports, so has to load-shed, but will give priority to hospitals, oxygen producing plants and wheat …
Minister drives farming success story The Chronicle 13/9/2021 Cde Richard Moyo in his thriving nursery Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter UPON being appointed minister, Cde Richard Moyo has not been sitting on his laurels. Visiting the Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Minister’s Marsland Farm in Umguza, one is bound to conclude that he is not only driving …