Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
2016/17 season registers more tobacco farmers February 28, 2017 Business Business ReporterTHERE has been a 17 percent increase in registrations by tobacco farmers for the 2016/17 farming season, latest official figures have shown, with output forecast marginally higher than the 2016/17 harvest. The increase in farmers who registered for the 2016/17 (Flue Cured Virginia) tobacco season …
‘Input reduction costs the way to go’ February 28, 2017 Business Conrad Mwanawashe Business ReporterREDUCING input costs and importation of finished products which can be made in Zimbabwe will see an immediate revival of the milling sector.The parliamentary portfolio on Agriculture, Lands, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development heard last Friday from two of the country’s biggest millers, Blue …
Your carry-over stock can help smother production costs February 28, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightNot infrequently, farmers in contract arrangements find themselves trapped between the twin gates of fear and principle, madness and loyalty after receiving inputs well beyond their expected time of use.Their dilemma lies in whether to use the inputs or not, yet the contractor …
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Gone with the floods! Bridge on major highway swept away February 28, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories The damaged bridge over Nkankezi River in Filabusi Chronicle ReportersTHE Government will soon airlift aid to stranded communities after widespread flooding left one person dead, extensively damaged roads and destroyed bridges, leaving parts of the country isolated. The Ministry of Environment, …
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FAO to spend millions of dollars in fight against fall armyworm February 27, 2017 Business The fall armyworm is known to destroy over 70 percent of the crop it invades Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryTHE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is to spend millions of dollars acquiring specialised trap kits to control the spread of the fall …
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Mat’land farmers call for ZITF cattle sales resumption February 27, 2017 Business Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business ReporterFARMERS in Matabeleland are crying foul over the suspension of cattle sales at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) show grounds in Bulawayo. The cattle sales, which attracted farmers from across the region, were suspended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation …
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TOO MUCH WATER: 105 people drown, 593 marooned as community dams burst February 24, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories File picture Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has said about 2 000 homesteads have been destroyed by rains leaving 635 families homeless countrywide. In disaster situation report dating back to October, The CPU indicated …
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Reduce maize producer price: Irvine February 24, 2017 Business Irvine’s Zimbabwe (Private) Limited chief executive David Irvine (right) explains to Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha the feed production process during a tour of the company’s plant in Harare yesterday. — (Picture by Kudakwashe Hunda) Business ReporterZIMBABWE’S maize producer price, at $390 per tonne is …
Command Agric to cover wheat, soya February 24, 2017 Local News Plans are afoot to make Zimbabwe self-sufficient in soyabean production under the expanded Command Agriculture programme Ray Bande in CHIPINGECommand Agriculture programme will be spread to cover other crops as the country moves towards attaining food self-sufficiency, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. VP Mnangagwa …