Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Treasury pays $400m for grain deliveries Chronicle 10 October 2017 Livingstone Marufu, Harare Bureau Government has so far paid close to $400 million to farmers after they delivered 1,1 million tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board. This comes after Treasury upped weekly disbursements to GMB to about $40 million to farmers every week …
Innscor to inject US$8 million towards chicken restocking The Zimbabwe Independent 6 October 2017 Innscor to inject US$8 million towards chicken restocking INNSCOR Africa Ltd says it is planning to invest in excess of US$8 million for the restocking of its chicken-rearing subsidiary Irvine’s in the aftermath of the recent avian flu outbreak outbreak at …
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Unpacking cabinet’s GMB riot act The Zimbabwe Independent 6 October 2017 THIS week cabinet read the riot act on the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) after reports that some of its officials ill-treated farmers and refused to accept small grains. By Peter Gambara Complaints against GMB have continued unabated since the start of the marketing season …
Agric key to defeating poverty in Africa October 9, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Kofi Annan CorrespondentAfrica is witnessing a quiet revolution which holds out real hope of banishing poverty and hunger and driving economic growth. This transformation is not in sectors like oil and gas, minerals or tourism, which grab global headlines, but in agriculture, which remains …
Civil society speaks on upcoming key UN climate summit. . . urges rapid domestic, global action October 9, 2017 Business Jeffrey Gogo Climate ChangeCivil society groups working on climate change have urged the Zimbabwe Government to prioritise adaptation, gender equality and climate finance when countries meet for the annual UN climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany next month. The …
Cotton production boom in Matabeleland forecast Chronicle 9 October 2017 Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Farming Reporter A BOOM in cotton production in Matabeleland region is expected following the delivery of inputs under the 2017/18 Presidential Inputs Support Scheme by Cottco. Cottco Matabeleland area manager, Mr Innocent Ncube, said a number of districts in Matabeleland North and …
Raw deal for cattle farmers October 5, 2017 By Cyril Zenda A report produced by the Competition and Tariff Commission reveals that there is collusion between cattle buyers to suppress prices. A STUDY of Zimbabwe’s beef sector by the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) has revealed that farmers are getting a raw deal from other players …
Brazilian grass varieties to boost Zim pastures October 5, 2017By Cyril Zenda Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development (Livestock) Deputy Minister Paddy Zhanda. THE government is in the process of introducing rapid-growing, high nutrition grass varieties from Brazil to develop prolific pastures that allow farmers to keep more cattle on a small piece of land.Deputy Minister of …
AMR threat to food security October 5, 2017By Own Correspondent By Farai Mabeza ANTIMICROBIAL resistance (AMR) is now the biggest threat to food security after climate change, the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s sub-regional coordinator for southern Africa, David Phiri, has said.AMR occurs when antimicrobials, used to kill or neutralise pathogens, lose their effectiveness because pathogens would …
Avian flu costs Irvine’s $7,3 million October 5, 2017By Shame Makoshori, Senior Business Reporter The first outbreak of Avian flu struck Lanark Farm in May, where Irvine’s Zimbabwe was forced to slaughter 140 000 chickens. AN avian flu outbreak at Irvine’s in May cost the country’s largest chicken producer $7,3 million, a shareholder has disclosed, saying …