Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
CSC gets meaty Sunday Mail 22/9/2019 Dumisani Nsingo The country’s sole meat processor and marketer, Cold Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe, is expected to start fully operating its Masvingo and Bulawayo plants before the end of this year, a Government official has said. In an interview with our Bulawayo Bureau on Thursday, Agriculture, Lands, Water, …
Is the golden leaf wilting? Sunday Mail 22/9/2019 Michael Tome Business Reporter Preparations for tobacco planting season started on a low key, with the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) confirming a 22-percent decline in seed uptake this year, compared to 922 853 grammes sold in 2018. The decline in seeds demand for the 2019/20 …
ED urges farmers to plant early 0 September 22, 2019 8:33 AM Source: ED urges farmers to plant early | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Bulawayo Bureau Farmers should work hard during the 2019/2020 summer cropping season to restore the country’s food-secure status, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the nation on Friday night, President Mnangagwa said Government …
High costs hamper horticultural exports 14/7/2019 The Sunday Mail Martin Kadzere HIGH costs of obtaining international compliance certification by local horticultural producers are constraining access to lucrative international markets at a time there is growing interest in local fresh produce from overseas markets. While Zimbabwe is making significant strides in re-entering global markets, particularly …
Crayfish research underway in Kariba 15/7/2019 The Herald Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau A multi-sectoral taskforce is carrying out investigations into the feeding and breeding habits of the invasive crayfish in Lake Kariba to establish its relationship with other species. This comes amid fears that the crayfish could be consuming smaller fish like the kapenta …
Tobacco sales 4 percent lower than last year 15/7/2019 The tobacco being sold this year was grown under grim weather conditions The Herald Zimbabwean farmers have so far sold 222,6 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$432.9 million, 4 percent lower than last year’s 231,8 million kg, figures released by the industry regulator show. Statistics …
Old Mutual flexes for smallholder farmers 15/7/2019 The Chronicle Harare Bureau INSURANCE giant Old Mutual Zimbabwe says it is in the process of re-designing agricultural insurance products to cater for smallholder farmers. Zimbabwe is still largely an agricultural-based economy, with the latest population census (2012) showed that over 60 percent of Zimbabweans are employed in …
Govt to reintroduce master farmer training 13/7/2019 Herald Elita Chikwati and Lynn MunjanjaGovernment is set to reintroduce the master farmer training programme to boost productivity at farms and ensure national food security. Farmers will also be required to either work full time on the farms or employ professional managers who have the technical expertise …
HIT launches new irrigation system 13/7/2019 Sallomy Matare Herald ReporterHarare Institute of Technology (HIT) has launched a new spot irrigation system called Scientific Conservation Irrigation Technology (SCIT) that allows farmers to maximise production and save water. Power Conservation Agri-Clinic Trust (PCAT) engineer and HIT lead researcher Joseph Ngirande (34) developed SCIT after eight years …
Prison farms lying idle 13/7/2019 Herald Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports EditorMISUSE of farming inputs by some criminal elements, insufficient seed and lack of proper machinery have rendered most prison farms idle with little production that is insufficient to feed the ballooning prison population, The Herald can reveal. A number of Zimbabwe Prisons …