Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
ARDA to revive Kondozi Estates January 22, 2018 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Ray Bande Mutare BureauTHE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) will soon move in to revive Kondozi Estates, which is lying in a derelict state, ARDA board chairman, Mr Basil Nyabadza has said. Addressing a meeting held in Mutare on Friday, Mr Nyabadza revealed that …
Rains bring relief to farmers January 22, 2018 MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Conrad Mupesa in MhanguraFarmers in Makonde and Hurungwe districts have expressed relief after the areas received some rains following weeks of scorching heat that was threatening their crops. The farmers took advantage of the rains to apply top dressing fertilisers to their crops. In …
SA wine industry faces tough year January 22, 2018 Business Cape Town. — This year is the most challenging the South African wine industry has ever faced, according to Francois Viljoen, head of viticulture and soil science at VinPro. Viljoen expects 2018 will bring one of the smallest crops in more than a decade, mainly due …
385 000 benefit from cotton inputs January 22, 2018 Business Business ReporterABOUT 385 000 small scale farmers have benefited from free cotton inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme as the number of the beneficiaries doubled from last season. Last year, The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe-which is administering the programme-distributed inputs to about 155 000 cotton growers, …
Farmers prepare for worst as rain stays away January 22, 2018 Business Met Department is concerned about the poor distribution of rainfall this summer Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryMirriam Pakayi is a subsistence farmer from Nerwande Village, under chief Masvosva, Rusape. Each year, the 48-year-old mother of six scraps out a living farming maize, groundnuts and roundnuts on small …
Dry weather conditions to persist January 20, 2018 Top Stories Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterThe condition of some crops has continued to deteriorate, with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) forecasting dry weather conditions to persist until next week. Erratic rains may be received after Wednesday, the department said. According to the MSD head of forecasting, Mr Tich …
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Slow start to 2018 rainfall season By Staff Reporter Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Perrance Shiri BELOW normal rainfall was received across most parts of the country since the start of the 2017/18 rainfall season in October, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) has said.“The bulk of the country has so …
Soya bean growing deal collapses By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor SOYABEAN contract growing arrangements mooted last year by stakeholders have collapsed due to failure by the Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe (OEAZ) to provide the offtake agreements required by financial institutions. Many of the OEAZ members have been unwilling to guarantee farmers’ loans, …
Academic warns of peasants abuse in globalisation – January 19, 2018 As globalisation reaches its peak, it is important to consider the plight of peasant farmers to protect them from oppression by bigger market forces, Indian academic Prabhat Patnaik has warned. BY Tinotenda Munyukwi Making a presentation during the Sam Moyo Memorial Lecture in Harare …
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