Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Community knowledge greater than individual expertise Critical skills have left rural areas for cities which had the capacity to gather and synthesise local evidence into reliable knowledge Charles Dhewa Correspondent While it is true that community knowledge is broader and deeper, most African farming communities hesitate to make decisions without consulting an extension …
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Hippo profit rises 42 percent The Herald Enacy MapakameProfits for the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed entity Hippo Valley Estates for the year to March 31, 2018 jumped 42 percent to $11 million compared with $7,7 million reported in the prior year despite depressed sugar production. Operating profit increased 27 percent to $17 million compared to …
Pay back loans, Command Agric beneficiaries told The Herald Fortunate Gora CorrespondentGovernment is concerned with farmers using proxies to deliver maize to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to evade repaying loans for inputs from the Command Agriculture Programme. In an interview yesterday, Mashonaland West provincial agricultural extension officer Mrs Edinah Shambare said farmers should …
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Govt warns communities against drinking canal water The Herald From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has warned some communities in the Lowveld against drinking water from irrigation canals, saying it has serious health consequences. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga last week decried reports that villagers in arid parts of southern Masvingo and parts of Chiredzi were …
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Setting up of gene banks bears fruits Matopo Community seed bank Pamenus Tuso, Features CorrespondentZimbabwe’s domestication of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is beginning to bear fruits following the successful setting up of several community gene banks in the country. ITPGRFA, which was adopted by the 31st Session …
Tongaat Hulett full-year revenue drops 8% Walter Mswazie in MasvingoSUGAR manufacturing giant Tongaat Hulett’s Hippo Valley Estates has reported an eight percent revenue decrease to $137 million in the full-year period to 31 March 2018 compared to $148,5 million in the same period last year. The drop in revenue has been attributed to a …
Zim loses 3 430 cattle to tick-borne diseases Harare BureauZIMBABWE has lost at least 3 430 cattle to tick-borne diseases between November 2017 and May 2018, with Mashonaland East recording the highest deaths. According to the Department of Veterinary Services farmers are losing cattle to Theileriosis (popularly known as January disease), babesiosis, heartwater, anaplasmosis …
FAO implements national food safety control system Pamela Shumba, Senior ReporterTHE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Care is implementing a National Food and Nutrition Security project to strengthen the national food safety control system in the country. The implementation of the project comes after concerns that …
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Zimbabwe unveils three climate change policies Source: Zimbabwe unveils three climate change policies – Business Live About 80% of rural Zimbabweans depend on rain-fed agriculture for a living, making them highly vulnerable to more extreme weather associated with climate change Picture: REUTERS Harare — With increasingly extreme weather taking a toll on farming and income, Zimbabwe …
Egg prices up 57% – NewsDay Zimbabwe newsday WHOLESALE prices of table eggs have increased by 57% over the past few years to $4,50 per tray in the first quarter of 2018, an official has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI In an industry update for the first quarter of 2018, Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) chairman Solomon …