Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
‘Farmers to deliver 1m tonnes of maize by Sept’ 0 July 18, 2017 8:23 AM Source: ‘Farmers to deliver 1m tonnes of maize by Sept’ – DailyNews Live Gift Phiri 17 July 2017 HARARE – Zimbabwean farmers are expected to deliver 1 million tonnes ofmaize to the State grain agency by September, Davis Marapira, deputyAgriculture minister responsible …
Windmill powered borehole transforms livelihoods July 18, 2017 in Feature Story, News Forty-six-year-old Agnes Chida has no regrets that she and her husband relocated from Harare to the rural outskirts of Hurungwe in 2014 to preach the gospel. BY NHAU MANGIRAZI Shepard and Agnes Chida in their garden Although many who migrate to rural outposts often struggle to …
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Of free Presidential cotton inputs & re-birth of the ginning sector July 18, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightWhat essentially started as a Presidential Inputs Support Scheme to cushion cotton farmers from prohibitive costs of production coupled with very unviable producer prices has morphed into a resurgent cotton industry climaxing in the re-opening of more than six Cottco …
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Of free Presidential cotton inputs & re-birth of the ginning sector July 18, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightWhat essentially started as a Presidential Inputs Support Scheme to cushion cotton farmers from prohibitive costs of production coupled with very unviable producer prices has morphed into a resurgent cotton industry climaxing in the re-opening of more than six Cottco …
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Seven irrigation schemes to benefit Umzingwane folks set July 18, 2017 Top Stories Elita Chikwati recently in UmzingwaneAt least 1 000 households in Umzingwane are set to benefit from the establishment of seven irrigation schemes along the Mtshabezi Water pipeline. The pipeline ferries water from Mtshabezi Dam to Bulawayo and passes through Umzingwane communities. Briefing the …
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Graft destroys agric potential 3 July 17, 2017 2:45 PM Source: Graft destroys agric potential | Daily News Eddie Zvinonzwa • 17 July 2017 HARARE – Agriculture has always been the mainstay of Zimbabwe’s economy, with crops like tobacco, cotton and maize proving to be major foreign currency earners as well as citizens’ livelihoods. However, over the …
‘White gold’ turns into curse as farmers pay dearly for presidential inputs – The Standard THE derelict and dangerous road leading to Gokwe via Sanyati marked by small patches of tar that have endured years of neglect under President Robert Mugabe’s government sums up the tragic story of the once proud cotton growing district. …
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Govt orders millers to get maize from GMB July 17, 2017 in News GOVERNMENT has ordered millers to get their maize from the Grain Marketing Board and to pay directly to Treasury, as a way to combat corruption in the buying of maize. by VENERANDA LANGA Joseph Made Agriculture minister Joseph Made (pictured) disclosed the new arrangement …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zesa anchors winter wheat success July 17, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis THE Command Agriculture Programme, which started last season with maize production, has now shifted to winter wheat, with hundreds of farmers having planted the crop. Farmers who voluntarily took up winter wheat production were provided with all the inputs as was the …
Bridging the farmer, extension worker gap July 14, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Gone digital: Farmers and extension officers exchange notes on electronic extension Leroy Dzenga Features WriterExtension worker shortage has been cited as a challenge bedevilling Zimbabwean farmers, especially those operating in communal areas. This has resulted in poor agronomy methods in some cases where …