Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Disease, forex shortage cripple dairy farmers DAIRY production in the first quarter of 2018 has been hampered by the shortage of foreign currency and the prevalence of tick -borne diseases, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chairman Emmanuel Zimbandu told reveald on Tuesday that the cost of drugs …
Mbanje farming: Let’s put things into perspective newsday The more things change, the more they remain the same. I had just finished primary school when the first human-to-human heart transplant operation was done in South Africa by Christiaan Barnard and his team. Doomsdayers and religious fundamentalists — yes, they have always been there, they are …
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‘Zim left with wheat reserves for 90 days’ newsday GRAIN Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) will next week send a 12-member delegation to Canada to sign a 200 000-tonne wheat deal, amid reports that the country’s granary is depleting. BY OBEY MANAYITI Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, GMAZ chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara said although there was …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Payment for tobacco farmers needs to be prioritised IT appears tobacco farmers who bring hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign currency annually, do not get the respect they deserve from arms of Government entrusted with responsibility to take care of their needs during the tobacco marketing season. Gold miners who generate …
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Understanding crop water requirements | The Herald Quite a number of farmers have found themselves saddled with huge irrigation water bills which some are now failing to pay owing to their inability to appreciate and understand the water requirements for their crops. These farmers ended up committing themselves to water in excess of their …
Tobacco merchants face prosecution | The Herald Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterIn an unprecedented move, farmer representative bodies are combining efforts to bring to book tobacco contracting firms that are allegedly prejudicing tobacco farmers of millions of dollars, The Herald Business has learnt. This comes after thousands of independent tobacco farmers were unwittingly registered by …
VAT on soyabeans affecting production Tabitha Mutenga Staff Reporter THE country’s 15 percent Valued Added Tax-j on soyabeans has been identified as one of the major challenges affecting soyabeans production. Submissions: by the Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analys is and Research Unit (ZEPARU) to the CZI show that a farmer producing soya beans valued at $5 …
Tobacco levy below target in first quarter By Omega Ukama, Staff Reporter ZIMRA chairperson, Willia Bonyongwe THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) only collected five percent of a targeted $3,25 million from the tobacco levy during the first quarter following delays to the start of the selling season.Zimra collected $176 083,90 in tobacco levy during the …
Tobacco prices firm on floors newsday Tobacco prices obtaining at the floors this year are better than last year with associations attributing the trend to stiff competition by buyers.Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board TIMB statistics show that the average price of $2,81 per kg as of last week was 3,3% higher from the price which …
Mbanje: Small farmers want share of the pie Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterFarmers have requested engagement with Government over the production of cannabis to ensure the business also benefits smallholder growers. This follows the legalisation of the production of cannabis (mbanje or dagga) for medicinal or scientific purposes. The legalisation was announced by Health …