Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Sirdc to double hybrid seed output newsday The Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) is targeting producing 1 000 tonnes of maize seed for the 2018/19 cropping season, up from 600 tonnes last year to meet growing demand, an official has said. By Freeman Makopa SIRDC general manager, Tafara Matekaire, said the increase …
Zim entrepreneur launches agric online investment platform newsday A United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean investor, Michael Matope, says he is in talks with foreign financiers to raise about £250 000 ($334 583) to expand his recently launched online agricultural crowd sourcing investment platform, Farmvest. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA Matope introduced Farmvest recently under his tech company, Mitah Group, …
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Wheat farmers miss planting deadline The Herald Sharon Chigeza Manicaland CorrespondentFARMERS in Manicaland who failed to meet the May 15 planting deadline for winter wheat are making a last-minute rush to put their crop in the fields to ensure optimum yields. In an interview, Manicaland provincial agronomist Mr Thomas Sakuhuni said he was confident …
Command Poultry excites Chegutu farmers The Herald Mash West BureauAbout 500 farmers in Chegutu District have volunteered to participate in the Government’s Command Poultry programme. The programme is part of the Command Livestock initiative being rolled out by Government throughout the country. The Command Livestock also covers agricultural activities such as fisheries and wildlife …
Making marginalised farmers ready for the impact of globalisation Charles DhewaALTHOUGH digital technology is beginning to show potential for increasing the impact of individual knowledge, in most African marginalised communities, community knowledge will remain important for a long time. Unfortunately, many development interventions are meddling with African communities’ capacity to make sense of knowledge. …
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VP Mohadi summons Tongaat Hulett over challenges afflicting industry Vice President Kembo Mohadi Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziVice President Kembo Mohadi has summoned management at Lowveld sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe for direct and frank negotiations to discuss challenges afflicting the industry. Tongaat is one of the country’s biggest employers with over 15 000 permanent …
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Small-scale projects vital for water resources and infrastructure development Source: Small-scale projects vital for water resources and infrastructure development | Newsday (News) TODAY and tomorrow could prove to be important and mark a milestone regarding the direction Zimbabwe will take when it comes to investing in water resources and infrastructural development. By Peter Makwanya The …
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Hunger strikes in parts of Zim Source: Hunger strikes in parts of Zim | Daily News HARARE – Poor households in the southern, western and far northern regions of Zimbabwe will need food assistance up to next month with the situation getting worse thereafter, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) has said. In its latest …
Pig farmers ‘pray’ as Tiger Brands shuts plants after deaths Ntando Thukwana and Odwa Mjo, Bloomberg The People First Piggery in the gritty South African mining city of Rustenburg used to slaughter 150 pigs each month. It’s now down to zero. Three months after South Africa linked products from a factory owned by Tiger Brands, …
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Parly approves $15m irrigation loan Tabitha Mutenga Staff Reporter PARLIAMENT has approved a $15 million loan to support smallholder irrigation projects. The loan, advanced by the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), aims to reduce rural poverty and enhance food security for 25 000 small-scale, low-income farming households in rural Manicaland, Masvingo, the Midlands and …