Communique on the Current HPAI outbreak in Zimbabwe
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Cotton farmers failing to get cash
Cotton farmers failing to get cash August 3, 2017By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Cotton is Zimbabwe’s second largest export crop after tobacco. COTTON farmers are unhappy over a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) payment arrangement under which they are getting $40 cash per bale, with the balance being deposited in banks or mobile money …
Command agriculture misses targets
Command agriculture misses targets August 3, 2017 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor President Robert Mugabe THE government’s special maize import substitution programme, command agriculture,fell short of its ambitious targets, producing about 30 percent of the country’s maize output in the 2016/17 season, according to official figures.Last year, President Robert Mugabe’s government introduced the programme, funded …
Understanding food sovereignty
Understanding food sovereignty August 4, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis CorrespondentIn July 2012 the FAO identified specialised, highly experienced and internationally recognised professionals to develop a document with information and analysis that would allow for a better understanding of the scope and potential impact of the concept of food sovereignty on public policy. The following are extracts …
2 200 farmers register for soya bean production
2 200 farmers register for soya bean production August 4, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories VP Mnangagwa Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter—Over 2 200 farmers have registered to take part in Government’s initiative to boost soya bean production in collaboration with various stakeholders from the soya bean value chain. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday met various stakeholders in the …
New FAO programme to fight fall armyworm
New FAO programme to fight fall armyworm 0 August 3, 2017 1:58 PM Source: New FAO programme to fight fall armyworm | The Financial Gazette August 3, 2017 By Own Correspondent The fall armyworm was first detected in Africa in early 2016 and is now present in 22 African countries including Zimbabwe. By Farai Mabeza THE Food and …
Sakunda ratchets command agriculture
Sakunda ratchets command agriculture 0 August 3, 2017 1:59 PM Source: Sakunda ratchets command agriculture | The Financial Gazette August 3, 2017 By Dumisani Ndlela, Deputy Editor in Chief Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa COMMODITIES and energy firm, Sakunda Holdings, is planning to expand its involvement in government’s command agriculture programme, partly attributed for last season’s 2,1 million tonne …
Rising demand drives up avocado prices in US, Mexico
Rising demand drives up avocado prices in US, Mexico August 3, 2017 Business Business ReporterAccording to Asiafruit Magazine of May 2017, soaring global demand has pushed avocado prices to their highest level in almost 20 years. This follows a reduction in output from major source markets such as Mexico, Peru and Califonia. According to Bloomberg data released in …
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Maize deliveries hit 450 000t
Maize deliveries hit 450 000t August 3, 2017 Business, Uncategorized Livingstone Marufu Business ReporterGrain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board for the 2016 /17 farming season have tripled to 450 000 tonnes compared to the corresponding period, a senior Government has said. Farmers started delivering maize to the GMB in April. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development (Crop production) Deputy …
Levies, levies . . . whither the cash?
Levies, levies . . . whither the cash? 1 August 1, 2017 8:25 AM Source: Levies, levies . . . whither the cash? | The Herald August 1, 2017 Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightIN 2015, Government introduced the Afforestation Levy meant to replenish woodlots and forests to cope with the swelling number of tobacco farmers, the majority of whom rely on …