Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Veterinary Department to construct 100 dip tanks 0 January 4, 2022 12:39 PM Source: Veterinary Department to construct 100 dip tanks | The Herald Precious Manomano Herald Reporter This year the Veterinary Department is will be building 100 new dip tanks countrywide, along with rehabilitating up to 2000 damaged tanks as part of efforts to reduce the number of …
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Most areas receive above 100mm cumulative rainfall 0 January 4, 2022 10:23 PM Source: Most areas receive above 100mm cumulative rainfall | The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Most areas across the country have received 100 mm or more as the accumulated rainfall amount to date with the highest amounts having been recorded in the central parts …
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Midlands tops groundnuts production 0 January 5, 2022 4:57 PM Source: Midlands tops groundnuts production | The Herald Agriculture Reporter Midlands is topping the list in groundnuts production with farmers in the province having so far planted 16 783 hectares of the crop by December 29, the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has revealed. …
Zimbabwe game park to receive $15 mn from new wildlife fund 0 January 6, 2022 9:23 AM Source: Zimbabwe game park to receive $15 mn from new wildlife fund Tusker treasure: Zimbabwe’s elephants are threatened by poaching, drought and human encroachment MARTIN BUREAU AFP Harare (AFP) – One of Zimbabwe’s biggest wildlife reserves is to receive US$1 million annually …
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NGO contracts 6 000 Gokwe small-holder farmers 0 January 6, 2022 10:57 AM Source: NGO contracts 6 000 Gokwe small-holder farmers – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY AMOS BATISAYI MORE than 6 000 small-holder farmers in Gokwe have been contracted by the Agriculture Business Centre (ABC) to produce sunflower, sorghum, pearl millet, cowpeas, Bambara nuts and chillies for the 2021/22 …
Early planted maize under quelea attack 0 January 6, 2022 2:29 PM Source: Early planted maize under quelea attack | The Herald Quelea birds Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The early planted maize crop which has reached the soft dough stage is under threat from quelea bird attack in most areas especially Midlands. The Plant Protection and Research …
2,6 million households sign into Pfumvudza 0 January 6, 2022 3:09 PM Source: 2,6 million households sign into Pfumvudza | The Herald Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter AT least 2,6 million small-scale farming households signed into Pfumvudza/Intwasa, the conservation-agriculture system under the climate proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme Programme, for this farming season. There was an initial target of 2,3 …
ABC sets up four mango drying centres in Gokwe 0 January 6, 2022 4:09 PM Source: ABC sets up four mango drying centres in Gokwe | The Herald A local business consortium, Agriculture Business Centre (ABC) has established four mango drying centres in Gokwe South district to process and value add the fruit, which is abundant in the …
Tax expert clears air on Finance Act changes 0 January 7, 2022 10:05 AM Source: Tax expert clears air on Finance Act changes – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA TAX Management Services managing director Tendai Mavima says the government’s plan to tax persons who earn wages in United States and Zimbabwe dollars, as if they are earning entirely …
Failed Privatisation 0 January 8, 2022 10:06 AM I never knew that the cotton plant was indigenous to Africa. Perhaps that explains why it grows so well here and is totally aligned to our climate conditions. Even so, Africa plays only a small part, possibly less than 1% in the global supply of this essential fibre …