Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
NSSA rejects Cold Storage Company board Top Stories May 25, 2017By Staff Reporter NSSA board chairperson Robin Vela THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has thrown down the gauntlet by refusing to inject new money into the troubled Cold Storage Company (CSC) until a 12-member board appointed by government last month has been dissolved.NSSA intends to …
ZPA plots to curb illegal poultry imports May 25, 2017 in Business THE Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) is in the process of setting up an anonymous tip-off initiative to curb the proliferation of illegal imports threatening viability of the industry. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Broilers Chicken imports, particularly from Brazil and South Africa, have continued to flood the …
Delta injects $1,3m into sorghum farming May 26, 2017 in Business DELTA Beverages injected $1,3 million into its beverages sorghum contract farming scheme (BSCFS) during the 2016/17 financial year and expects to receive about 12 000 metric tonnes of both red and white sorghum, an official has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Sorghum Delta requires 15 000 tonnes …
Govt looks to horticulture for agric revival May 26, 2017 in News Government wants the country to shift from traditional subsistence farming into the more economically lucrative commercial farming, an official has said. By Tinotenda Munyukwi Speaking at a Prime Seed Co Stapleford Research Station field day on Tuesday, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development permanent secretary Ringson …
More women venture into tobacco farming May 25, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis There is a 57 percent increase in the number of women who sold tobacco this marketing season, as compared to the 2016 tobacco marketing season. At least 11 000 women sold their tobacco this season compared to 7 000 last season. Ephiphania Chigora (25) …
Annual livestock symposium on May 26, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Poultry production in the first quarter Farmers, agricultural service providers and livestock experts will converge at the Agricultural Trust Farm next month, for Symposium 2017 – a day of productive technical exchange and networking in the non-ruminant livestock sector. Economic Empowerment through Non-Ruminant Production is …
Tokwe-Mukosi to spur Command Irrigation in Masvingo May 25, 2017 Local News George Maponga Masvingo BureauThe ruling Zanu-PF in Masvingo will tomorrow start holding party inter-district meetings to take stock of progress made in implementing the Government’s Command Agriculture Scheme. This comes as the the province gears to become the country’s food security hub using water from the …
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Byo Kraal Irrigation Scheme takes off May 25, 2017 Business Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme chairperson Mrs Veronica Munkuli shows a planter which is one of the equipment that is already on site for the planting of winter crop in Binga on Tuesday. (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) Oliver Kazunga recently in BingaBULAWAYO Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga …
Market opportunities for goat producers National Report May 23, 2017By Staff Reporter Goat commercialisation in Zimbabwe goes back to 1968. AT least 97 percent of the national goat herd is owned by smallholder farmers who rarely breed the goats for commercial purposes despite the fact that the country has potential to export goat products. Presenting a …
Africa must industrialise agric sector: AfDB May 24, 2017 in Business AHMEDABAD — Africa must take agriculture as a business and industrialise the sector to accelerate the continent’s growth, African Development Bank (AfDB) president, Akinwumi Adesina has said. BY NDAMU SANDU In his remarks at the opening of the bank group’s annual meetings yesterday, Adesina said …