Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Sugar production to fall 14 percent November 30, 2017By Shame Makoshori, Senior Business Reporter Sugar production is expected to drop to 390 000 during the 2017/18 agricultural season, from 453 000 tonnes during the 2016/2017 production season SUGAR production in Zimbabwe is projected to fall by 14 percent due to limited irrigation and narrowed replanting, …
NRZ refurbishes Nandi -Mkwasine railway line – December 1, 2017 THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), in partnership with the government and the European Union, has refurbished the Nandi-Mkwasine railway line in Chiredzi at a cost of more than $10 million in an effort to turnaround the fortunes of the ailing parastatal. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI …
SADC agric experts meet over armyworm November 30, 2017 HARARE METROPOLITAN Elita chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterSADC agricultural experts are in South Africa for a two-day stakeholders’ meeting on fall armyworm response action and plans for the 2017-2018 farming season. The fall armyworm, a transboundary pest that is difficult to manage and first reported in Southern Africa in …
Rains bring relief to livestock November 30, 2017 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Obert Chifamba Manicaland BureauTHE condition of cattle in Manicaland province’s drier districts has started to improve significantly in the wake of the first rains that nurtured new flashes of veld grasses, Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) Manicaland provincial manager Mr Daniel Mungazi has said. In an …
Reviving Zim agric through an evidence ecosystem November 30, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Big farmers should not come and break bulk in Mbare and other informal markets but should create their own markets which suit their scale and levels of production. Charles DhewaThere is no longer any doubt that Zimbabwean agriculture has changed over the …
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Zim urged to develop strategies for horticulture November 30, 2017 Business Michael Tome Business ReporterZimbabwe should develop strategies to foster growth of the horticulture sector for it to retain its position as the country’s second largest foreign currency earner after tobacco. Speaking at Prime SeedCo field day held at Stapleford Research Station yesterday, Permanent Secretary in the …
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Command wheat could save country $100m November 30, 2017 Business Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterZimbabwe could save over $100 million in foreign currency if it achieves wheat output of 200 000 tonnes this year, up from 65 000 tonnes attained last year. The expected rise in tonnage comes after Government provided adequate and consistent supply of water and electricity …
Law and hazardous substances at ports of entry November 29, 2017 Business Hazardous substances are an integral part of our day to day living. The use of these HS is wide spread across all forms of industry yet their mismanagement can cause fatal irreversible environmental and health impacts. The most common hazardous substances used in Zimbabwe …
Govt should extend 12pc farmers’ export incentive November 29, 2017 Business Mr Chabikwa Kiyapili Sibanda Bulawayo BureauGOVERNMENT should extend the 12 percent export incentive to horticulture farmers to boost their production and increase foreign currency earnings for the economy, farmer organisations have said. Tobacco is the top agriculture export earner in Zimbabwe accounting for 64 percent of …
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Farmers bemoan ‘unfriendly’ policies November 29, 2017 MANICALAND & MASH EAST, Top Stories Mr Zakariya Obert Chifamba Manicaland BureauThe Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) is working with farmers in Manicaland in a programme dubbed “Inclusive Policy Dialogue for Social Development” that seeks to analyse how current agricultural policies impact on productivity. ZFU executive director Mr Paul Zakariya yesterday said they …