Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt to review maize moisture content June 23, 2017 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterGovernment will investigate the Grain Marketing Board for rejecting maize because of high moisture content and may also consider waiving the 12,5 percent requirement for grain meant for milling, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Dr Joseph Made has said. GMB accepts …
Tobacco farmers concerned with depressed auction floor prices By ZimSitRep_M | June 22, 2017 2 Comments Source: Tobacco farmers concerned with depressed auction floor prices | The Financial Gazette June 22, 2017 By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor TOBACCO auction floor prices have lagged behind those offered to contract farmers for their crop, triggering speculation that contractors were angling for total …
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Biotech could spur Africa’s industrialisation June 22, 2017 Opinion & Analysis Mr Getachew Belay, a senior biotechnology policy advisor recently said that the adoption of genetically modified cotton developed using a bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which naturally produces a chemical harmful only to a small fraction of insects such as the bollworm, could increase yields and …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Govt must act to stop middlemen from fleecing farmers June 22, 2017 Opinion & Analysis Small grains farmer Mrs Liana Ncube (right) inspects her crop in Umzingwane District while the Agritex officer for the area Mr Thobizitha Ngwenya looks on in this file photo Zimbabwe is expecting to harvest four million tonnes of food …
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Govt to install maize dryers at GMB depots June 22, 2017 Local News Cde Davis Marapira From George Maponga in MasvingoGovernment has announced plans to install maize dryer machines at all Grain Marketing Board depots countrywide following reports grain was being rejected for mositure content in excess of the accepted 12,5 percent threshold leaving farmers at …
Farmers deliver 60 000 tonnes of maize to GMB By Own Correspondent The GMB is paying $390 per tonne for white maize. GRAIN deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board for the 2016/17 farming season have doubled to 60 000 tonnes compared to the corresponding period, an official said. Farmers started delivering to the GMB in April. …
Command agric success: Zim not out of woods yet June 21, 2017 in Columnists, Opinion & Editorials For 16 chastening years, Zimbabwe has been failing to meet its local demand for grain. Specifically, maize, its staple food. Opinion: MAYNARD MANYOWA The consequences of that have been devastating in their simplicity; millions in perpetual need of food aid, more …
From corporate social responsibility to sustainable agribusiness modelling June 21, 2017 in Business The failure of donor-funded programmes to transform African agriculture is resulting in more attention turning to the private sector as a potential source of better agricultural outcomes. CHARLES DHEWA Several multi-million dollar donor programmes have been launched with pomp and media saturation, but the …
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Fireguard construction: Frequently asked questions June 21, 2017 Business A standard fireguard should be at least 9m wide and free from any flammable material At least 110 people have been killed and property worth millions of dollars destroyed by veld fires throughout the country from 2005 to date. Veld fires have destroy buildings, farm equipment, crops, …
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ARDA earmarks land for Tokwe Mukosi irrigation June 21, 2017 Business Mr Basil Nyabadza Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterTHE Agriculture and Rural Development Authority has earmarked a significant hectarage of land for agriculture production using water drawn from Tokwe Mukosi Dam.ARDA chairman Mr Basil Nyagandza said while plans were still in its infancy, “Arda will be definitely …