Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Africa needs own version of vertical farm April 10, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis A version of a vertical farm Esther Ndumi Ngumbi CorrespondentThe Netherlands is building its first large-scale commercial vertical indoor farm. It’s expected to serve Europe’s largest supermarket chains with high quality, pesticide-free fresh cut lettuce. Vertical farms use high tech lighting and climate …
Earthquakes: How safe are we? April 10, 2017 Business Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryTHE Meteorological Services Department 9pm TV weather forecast last Monday said nothing about the earth tremors that had shaken large parts of Zimbabwe barely an hour earlier, stoking apocalyptic fear among thousands of people. Not surprising — the forecast is pre-packed, and thus …
Field days: Practical tool for extension April 10, 2017 Business Learning from other farmers who are doing it well John Basera and Dr Gorden MabuyayeThe major role of field days is to introduce farmers, agricultural professionals, extension workers, grain end users, local leaders, and even school children to new farming technologies and techniques. It is also to …
Zim ventures into cigar tobacco production April 8, 2017 Local News Elita Chikwati recently in Burma ValleyZimbabwe is now producing cigar wrapper tobacco, becoming the third African country after Cameroon and Kenya to produce the high value brand. The tobacco is produced by farmers in Burma Valley, Manicaland. Addressing farmers attending the official opening of the …
Govt mobilises Command Agric harvesting equipment April 10, 2017 Local News Vimbai Chibvongodze (left) and George Kabere harvest maize from a family plot in Chitsvatsva village, Seke, last week. The country is poIsed for a bumper harvest following good rains received nationwide this farming season and the resounding success of Command Agriculture. – Picture by Kudakwashe …
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Arda plans 4 400ha winter wheat cropping April 10, 2017 Business Mr Basil Nyabadza Sharon Chiware, Midlands ReporterTHE Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda) says it will put about 4 400 hectares under wheat as preparations for winter cropping gather pace. Seven Arda estates in four provinces have been earmarked for the winter wheat crop. Arda chairman Mr …
Brace for more, Met services department on earthquakes By ZimSitRep_M | April 9, 2017 0 Comment Source: Brace for more, Met services department on earthquakes – Sunday News Apr 9, 2017 Harare BureauAt least 50 earthquakes hit Zimbabwe in 2016, with the country likely to experience more tremors yearly, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said. Some of the earthquakes with …
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2m Zimbabweans benefit from USAID assistance April 7, 2017 in News Over two million Zimbabweans benefited from the humanitarian assistance provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) during the El Niño-induced drought that led to widespread crop failure last year, leaving over four million rural people food-insecure. BY Staff Reporter Since 2015, USAID has …
Zim exporting 50% chillis to Nandos SA April 7, 2017 in News Zimbabwean farmers are reportedly now supplying 50% of chillis to a top South African fast food outlet, Nandos, proving beyond reasonable doubt that the country has the capacity to produce and export, an agricultural expert has said. BY MUNESU NYAKUDYA Speaking to journalists on the …
Seed firms’ contribution to Command Agriculture vital April 7, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Denias Zaranyika CorrespondentZimbabwe has just come off the back of a good rainfall season. We must therefore acknowledge and applaud all our farmers — commercial, communal and urban — for responding to the blessing of good rainfall to grow the excellent crops …
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