Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt, EU launch US$45m livestock fund 12/6/2019 The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Government and the European Union (EU) yesterday launched a US$45 million Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme fund which is expected to boost the livestock sector, maximise smallholder farmers’ profits and improve competitiveness on domestic and international markets. The programme mainly targets small …
Government to set up horticulture department 12/6/2019 A horticulture department will cushion through development of policies and strategies aiming at transforming the agribusiness The Herald Kumbirai Tarusarira Business Reporter Government says it is considering setting up a horticulture department committed to creating a conducive regulatory environment for the sector to adequately thrive, a senior …
CSC engages Netherlands leather consultants 12/6/2019 The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Cold Storage Company (CSC) has engaged senior experts from the Netherlands to assist the firm in developing a comprehensive leather value chain strategy that will promote value addition of leather and associated by-products. The State-owned meat processor and marketer, which had …
Maize producer price goes up 12/6/2019 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa The Chronicle Fidelis Munyoro, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has increased the maize producer floor price to $1 400 per tonne from $726 to enable farmers to go back to the fields in the upcoming summer cropping season. It, however, immediately warned retailers against increasing the price of …
TIMB hikes weighing, auction charges – NewsDay Zimbabwe 11/6/2019 BY MISHMA CHAKANYUKA/FIDELITY MHLANGA THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has hiked floor-clearing charges, weighing and auction fees, further eating into the earnings of farmers already hard-pressed by depressed prices this season. The weighing and auction fees were raised from ZWL$25 to ZWL$48 per bale …
Zim to be food insecure by September: USAid – NewsDay Zimbabwe 11/6/2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA MOST of the country’s districts will be food insecure by September due to a poor 2018/19 harvests and “escalating” macroeconomic hardships, a food security report by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has revealed. “Most poor households …
Plans to fully exploit Tugwi-Mukosi intensify 11/6/2019 The Herald George Maponga in MASVINGO Government is intensifying efforts to ensure the giant Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in southern Masvingo is fully exploited for the country’s economic benefit, amid indications that plans are now at an advanced stage to gazette the project’s combination authority that will spearhead crafting …
Innovative tobacco barn unveiled 11/6/2019 A standard Twin-Turbo Barn helps reduce energy costs for tobacco farmers and the impact on the environment The Herald Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor A LOCAL engineering firm, Mamsen Engineering, has developed an energy-efficient Twin-Turbo tobacco curing barn that is set cut energy bills for tobacco farmers …
FAO disburses $30m to agric sector 11/6/2019 The Herald Kudakwashe Mhundwa and Kumbirai Tarusarira Business Reporters Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) says it has disbursed loans worth US$30 million to finance the country’s agric sector aimed at boosting the production of different crops by small holder farmers. This comes as commercial funding to the …
Cottco optimistic of new hybrid varieties 11/6/2019 The Herald Fradreck Gorwe The new cotton hybrid varieties Cottco intends to introduce could catapult annual output to about 1,1 million tonnes, managing director Mr Pious Manamike said last week. A research undertaken by Cottco last year — under drought conditions — showed each plant produced an …