Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
The power of real-time awareness in agriculture Charles DhewaAS agricultural value chains in developing countries become over-crowded and hyper-competitive, real-time awareness has never been so important. While digital technology is being presented as a solution, more efforts have to go into ensuring information satisfies the needs of farmers, traders and other value chain actors …
Govt suspends mbanje licensing – DailyNews Live Eric Chiriga • 20 May 2018 5:55PM • 0 comments HARARE – Government has suspended the licensing and growing of marijuana — popularly known as mbanje. Last month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration gazetted licence fees for those interested in growing cannabis (mbanje) for research and medicinal purposes. This was …
Fertiliser industry needs $120m for 2018/19 season newsday THE local fertiliser industry needs $120 million in foreign currency to meet this year’s demand of 600 000 tonnes of fertiliser. BY FREEMAN MAKOPA Chemplex Corporation Limited chief executive officer, Tapuwa Mashingaidze said the local industry had the capacity to produce fertiliser locally, but required foreign currency …
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Climate talks stall amid angry exchanges: Zhakata The Herald Climate Story Jeffrey GogoThe recent round of UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, made little progress, Zimbabwe’s lead negotiator Washington Zhakata says. The meeting, held from April 30 to May 10, saw angry exchanges between rich countries and those from the developing world, opening up …
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Farmers burn 700 000 hectares of land Source: Farmers burn 700 000 hectares of land – DailyNews Live Farayi Machamire 20 May 2018 HARARE – Farmers on resettled land burnt 700 000 hectares of land out of atotal 1 268 534 hectares that was consumed by veld fires in the year ended2017. The 1 …
Seed Co invests in growing farmer yields The Herald Munashe Matambo Business ReporterHybrid seed processing company, Seed Co, has started running the Eleven Tonne Plus Club Promotion, targeting commercial farmers with at least 10 hectares of the firm’s seed varieties grown during the 2017 /18 season as part of efforts to boost food security. …
Utilise research, farmers told The Herald Daniel Chigunwe Mash Central CorrespondentFarmers have been urged to tap into research to gain knowledge on how to improve productivity and boost yields. Addressing farmers at a field day held at Mr Toddy Muchongwe’s Earling Farm in Mvurwi early this week, Farming Systems Researcher Mr Felix Murimbarimba applauded …
Cottco re-engages 400k cotton farmers The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziThe Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has successfully re-engaged over 400 000 cotton farmers throughout the country who had abandoned production of the “white gold” five years ago in protest over low prices. Besides low prices for cotton, farmers were also grappling with high …
Tobacco curing device boost for farmers The Herald Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauCONSERVATIONISTS, Carbon Green, have come up with a solar powered tobacco curing device that is expected to significantly reduce the use of firewood in the processing of tobacco. Preliminary findings show that farmers using the device have reduced the amount of firewood they …
Rainstorm kills 2, leaves over 100 homeless The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziTwo children were killed, while more than 100 families were left homeless in Masvingo Province on Tuesday after a rainstorm left a trail of destruction and damaged property worth thousands of dollars. One of the deceased, a seven-year-old Chiredzi boy was killed …