Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Searching for balance in African food ecosystems While it may not be the mandate of development organisations to build manufacturing industries in developing countries, pouring billions of dollars in agricultural production is not lifting people out of poverty. For every $1 billion invested in agricultural production, another $1 billion should be invested in agro-processing and …
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Cotton war erupts The Herald Business ReporterLocal private cotton firm, ETG Parrogate, last week allegedly took the law in its own hands after it went on a rampage and unpacked Cottco’s bales at buying points in Checheche, Manicaland Province, claiming the crop was wrapped in their woolpacks. This left cotton worth hundreds of thousands of …
Cold spells till August | The Chronicle Andile Tshuma, Chronicle ReporterTHE Meteorological Services Department has said the prevailing cold weather conditions will continue into the next month. Speaking in a telephone interview, the MSD officer on duty Mr Ebedia Hodera said although temperatures are expected to get warmer tomorrow, there will be more cold spells expected …
Stop exporting raw hides, Comesa told Raw hides Prosper Ndlovu in Lusaka, ZambiaZIMBABWE and her peers within the Comesa region should stop exporting raw hides and scale up value-addition initiatives in order to benefit from the $130 billion global leather industry, the programme co-ordinator for the Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI), Mr Nicholas …
Cigar wrapper farming lucrative business Source: Cigar wrapper farming lucrative business | Newsday (News) “Cigar-wrapper has less labour, yet it’s lucrative and you don’t need to cut down trees since it doesn’t require fire to dry it,” she said. By Freeman Makopa Tobacco Industry Marketing Board spokesperson Isheunesu Moyo told NewsDay that they were pushing for …
ED misleads country on food self sufficiency Source: ED misleads country on food self sufficiency | Daily News HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is grossly misleading the country regarding food self sufficiency, a leading financial research firm has said. Equity Axis said latest trade data show a spike in maize imports. This comes against the background of …
Fall armyworm raises hunger threat in Gwanda Source: Fall armyworm raises hunger threat in Gwanda | Daily News GWANDA – The fall armyworm is threatening food production and the livelihoods of farmers already struggling with pervasive hardships in Gwanda. The fall armyworm has wiped out 30 percent of the maize crop in the province, according to agriculture …
Foot-n-mouth quarantines Mt Darwin, Rushinga The Herald Fungai Lupande Mash Central BureauRUSHINGA and Mt Darwin districts have been quarantined due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, provincial veterinary officer Dr Wimort Chikurunhe has said. Dr Chikurunhe said they were in the process of culling 10 beats which were illegally moved from the two …
Irrigation boost for Masvingo communnity The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziThousands of villagers in Masvingo province are expected to benefit following plans by the Masvingo Development Trust to establish community irrigation schemes that will use water from boreholes being drilled by the Trust. The Trust’s chair and Zanu-PF Politburo member Cde Lovemore Matuke last week, …
Tobacco farmers get $20m shot in the arm The Herald Victor Maphosa Correspondent.Agribank has set aside over $20 million to assist tobacco farmers in the coming season, the bank’s strategy, marketing and business development head, Mr Joseph Mverecha, has said. He said the bank has also made available $105 million this year to assist farmers …