Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Sugarcane production to reach 5,1m tonnes Financial Gazette 19/4/2018 Tabitha Mutenga Staff Reporter SUGARCANE production is expected to reach 5,1 million tonnes in 2018 due to increased water harvest and high dam levels. The water levels in the dams that supply irrigation water to sugarcane farms in the south eastern Lowveld are higher than the …
More farmers sign up for SeedCo prepayment plan Financial Gazette 20/4/2018 Omega Ukama Staff Reporter SEEDCO has recorded an increase in prepayments for its seed, a development that shows better planning by farmers in procuring inputs. The company’s managing director, Danias Zaranyika, said: “I am pleased that an increasing number of farmers are getting into …
Horticulture exports drop Tabitha Mutenga Staff Reporter HORTICULTURE export receipts declined to $30 million in 2017 from $61 million in 2016. Horticulture earnings have been on the decline since the start of the land reform programme, albeit increasing slightly in 2013 and 2014. A lot of efforts are, however, underway to ensure that the sector …
Forex shortage hits stock feed makers Financial Gazette 19/4/2018 Ndakaziva Majaka Deputy Markets Editor THE stock feed manufacturing industry has not been spared from Zimbabwe’s debilitating foreign exchange shortages, amid indications that failure to service offshore obligations led to a 27 percent slump in broiler feed production in the first half of 2017. Data from …
$100 000 macimbi processing plant for Beitbridge newsday THE African Development Bank has set aside $100 000 to support a mopani worm (macimbi)-processing centre wholly-owned by women in Beitbridge. BY OWN CORRESPONDENT The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is providing the technical support for the project in which the two organisations are partnering government. The project, …
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Efforts to cut wheat import bill hot up George Maponga in MasvingoGOVERNMENT is targeting 65 000 hectares of winter wheat as it intensifies efforts boost production and cut down on imports. Last year the target was 40 000ha. Agriculture, Lands and Resettlement Deputy Minister Cde Davis Marapira confirmed the development yesterday. He said financing …
Soyabean farmers pin hopes on late crop Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland BureauSoyabean producers in Manicaland are pinning their hopes on the late crop after the early planted crop performed poorly owing to erratic rainfall. In an interview with The Herald on Wednesday, Manicaland provincial agronomist Mr Thomas Sakuhuni said the failure of the early crop …
Time for sanctions-busting measures, President tells farmers President Mnangagwa and others at a field day at Hilderstroom Farm in Chipinge yesterday Nyore Madzianike, Manicaland BureauGOVERNMENT will not be distracted by the matter of illegal Western sanctions as it is focusing its energy on reviving the economy, President Mnangagwa has said. The West imposed sanctions …
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Duo sets up value-addition firm for banana flour newsday TWO entrepreneurs have established a banana flour manufacturing company in Mutare as they drive value-addition. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA The company, Greenit Diversified Group, was co-founded by Ropafadzo Zimunya (chief executive officer) and Munashe Musarurwa (chief operating officer) who are in their 20s.“When I finished Advanced Level, …
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Organic farming relevance | The Herald Verena Seufert and Navin Ramankutty CorrespondentsIs organic agriculture the solution to our global food system challenges? That’s been the premise and promise of the organic movement since its origins in the 1920s: farming that’s healthy, ecological, and socially just. Many people — from consumers and farmers to scientists …