Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
CASE IH initiative to help farmers September 27, 2017 Business Business ReporterLEADING global agricultural equipment manufacturer, CASE IH, has opened an academy in Harare for the provision of hands-on technical and operational training to farmers to improve farm productivity through mechanisation. This comes at a time when Zimbabwe is striving to improve agricultural productivity to regain …
Double agric production, Chinese envoy challenges Zim farmers September 27, 2017 Local News Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Huang Ping John ManzongoChinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Huang Ping has challenged the country’s agricultural sector to double its production as there is a ready market in the giant Asian country. Ambassador Huang was addressing delegates during celebrations …
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Govt lifts soyabean import ban Chronicle 27 September 2017 Harare Bureau The Government has suspended a moratorium banning the importation of soyabean into the country in an effort to ensure reliable supply of edible oil in the country, oil producers have confirmed. The Government reduced the number of permits for the import of soyabean …
UNDP avails $5.3m for agric projects Chronicle 27 September 2017 Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau THE United National Development Programme (UNDP) has availed $5, 3 million towards agricultural production in Beitbridge and Nyanga District under a three-year Zimbabwe Resilience Programme. The project is being implemented through the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development and is expected …
Farmers urged to invest in renewable energy projects Chronicle 26 September 2017 Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau EUROPEAN Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Phillipe Van Damme, has called on farmers to invest in renewable energy projects as alternative power for irrigation projects. Speaking during a tour of irrigation schemes in Matabeleland South last week, Mr Van …
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Cotton production up 150 percent Cotton output increased to 70 000 tonnes, up from 28 000 tonnes produced during last season Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S cotton production increased 150 percent this year, largely driven by Government’s free input support programme, according to official statistics. Cotton output increased to 70 000 tonnes, up from 28 000 …
Grow hybrid seeds, farmers encouraged Chronicle 25 September 2017 Prime Seed Company regional sales representative, Mr Casim Bisalom, shows farmers some of the hybrid varieties produced by his company at UCF Farm in Queens Park, Bulawayo, last Friday Kiyapili Sibanda, Business Reporter FARMERS have been encouraged to grow hybrid seeds rather than open pollinated varieties …
Dam Levels as at 09/11/2017 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres) Kariba 64800.00 32365.3 49.9 Tokwe Mukorsi 1802.6 1268 70.3 Mutirikwi 1378.08 541.178 39.3 Manyame 480.23 459.654 95.7 Osborne 401.64 330.972 82.4 Mazvikadei 343.815 330.878 …
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Farmers unite to grow agric sector FOUR farmers’ organisations have combined forces, launching the Federation of Farmers Union (FoFU), as they move to lobby for the growth of the agricultural sector. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA The organisations that have amalgamated are the National Farmers Union (NFU), Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU), Commercial Farmers …