Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Firm fined Z$40m for illegal cotton 0 January 8, 2022 12:32 PM Source: Firm fined Z$40m for illegal cotton – The Zimbabwe Independent TINASHE MAKICHI THE Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) has fined local cotton farming firm Agri-Alliance ZW$40 million (US$370 300) for the production of banned ratoon cotton. AMA chief executive Clever Isaya confirmed the development. Ratooning is …
Dam levels increase 0 January 9, 2022 8:04 AM Source: Dam levels increase | Sunday Mail Wallace Ruzvidzo Sunday Mail Correspondent SOME of the country’s major dams have started recording increases in water levels, while a few have already reached full capacity on account of the ongoing wet spell being experienced countrywide. According to the latest data …
5 million people food insecure: WFP 0 January 9, 2022 10:21 AM Source: 5 million people food insecure: WFP – The Standard BY NUNURAI JENA FIVE million Zimbabweans, 42% of which are urban dwellers are food insecure despite government claims that the country has enough grain stocks to see it through to the next harvest. World Food Programme …
Cow dung lighting up the future 0 January 9, 2022 11:04 AM Source: Cow dung lighting up the future | The Sunday Mail Experts are encouraging the use of biogas in rural areas as a way of addressing deforestation Irene Kalulu WANTONLY cutting down trees had become routine for 60-year-old Gogo Hellen Vengai of Zhombe in Midlands province. …
More rains expected, farmers have until 15 January to plant 0 January 9, 2022 11:54 AM Source: More rains expected, farmers have until 15 January to plant | The Sunday News Robin Muchetu, Senior Reporter THE wet spell being experienced in the country will continue until February, with more rainfall expected for the next eight weeks but farmers …
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Public Health Lock-down Order : New Restrictions 0 January 9, 2022 7:07 PM BILL WATCH 1/2022 Source: Public Health Lock-down Order : New Restrictions – The Zimbabwean In response to a surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant, on Tuesday 4th January the Government published a statutory instrument (SI 1/2022) imposing two restrictions in addition to …
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Seed banks give women a chance to mitigate climate change 0 January 10, 2022 10:46 AM Source: Feature: Seed banks give women a chance to mitigate climate change – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY MELODY CHIKONO MARVELS Rudairo looked at her newly built house, which she managed to build through proceeds from a seed bank project to mitigate climate change …
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Ecstacy as Zim farmers secure European pineapple market 0 January 10, 2022 10:49 AM Source: Feature: Ecstacy as Zim farmers secure European pineapple market – NewsDay Zimbabwe IN her wildest dreams, Chipinge smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could someday stock the produce section of Europe’s finest supermarkets. Now, the 34-year-old mother of five is …
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IMPACT OF PFUMVUDZA FARMING CONCEPT ON MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY IN ZIMBABWE
Farmbiz: The big league of cattle ranching – The Zimbabwe Independent By Theindependent 17/12/2021 By Kudakwashe Gwabanayi Just for today, anyone with a cow will be a rancher. So, whether you keep two cattle for subsistence farming, or you have 100 for breeding, you are a rancher. Cattle husbandry has been with human kind since …