Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco e-marketing to reduce costs February 9, 2017 Business About 18 percent of Zimbabwe’s tobacco is sold through the auction system Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterTHE automation of tobacco auctioning is set to minimise buyer collusion, reduce marketing costs and result in better returns for farmers, a tobacco association has said. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board will …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Allocate funds to GMB urgently to ensure grain silos are functional February 9, 2017 Opinion & Analysis One of the GMB depots Zimbabwe is expecting a bumper maize harvest this cropping season which is a very welcome development given the amount of the much-needed foreign currency the country is spending on food imports. According …
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Southern Africa and the curse of man-made climate change February 8, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis David Phiri Peter LindCorrespondent The once-fertile fields of South Africa’s Western Cape region are filled with scorched patches of earth, dying plants, and wasted crops. The scene is now common throughout Eastern and Southern Africa, as droughts for three consecutive years …
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Talk to us, we are ready to listen February 8, 2017 Business The Environmental Management Agency is a responsive service delivery institution which works with people through people and this is effectively done through feedback from various stakeholders.The environment is everyone’s business and thus the contribution of each individual is important no matter how small. Communication between …
Govt targets 20k ha for Tokwe-Mukosi irrigation February 8, 2017 Local News Deputy Minister Marapira George Maponga in Masvingo Government has dispatched teams to carry out feasibility studies on areas downstream of Tokwe-Mukosi Dam in southern Chivi district, where plans are afoot to develop 20 000 hectares of irrigation using water from the recently completed reservoir.Tokwe-Mukosi …
Zim on threshold of bumper harvest February 8, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter—Zimbabwe is poised to restore food self-sufficiency and eradicate maize imports amid high expectations of a bumper harvest from increased strategic crops planted during the 2016-17 summer cropping season. This has been attributed to an increase in inputs schemes mainly from …
Will current Zim floods surpass Cyclone Eline levels? February 8, 2017 Opinion & Analysis The flooded Tuli River rages over Causeway Bridge in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, recently Sifelani TsikoCOULD the recent storms and floods that have severely affected most of the country resulting in damage and widespread persistent flooding surpass the scale of the Cyclone Eline-induced …
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Fall army worm spreads to Asia, Mediterranean February 8, 2017 Business THE fall army worms that have ravaged corn fields from Ghana to South Africa since arriving on the continent last year could spread to Asia and the Mediterranean, a research body said. Infestations of the pest that arrived from the Americas last year have been …
Good rains bring hope February 8, 2017 Business Morris Mpala, MoB capital LtdNOTHING screams hope like a good rainy season. Nothing smells production like the smell of summer rains. There is something about the rain that rejuvenates every economic being in the community. It awakens the financial fibre within. It awakens the production DNA in all beings …
More water flows into Byo dams February 8, 2017 Local News Pamela Shumba, Senior ReporterBULAWAYO’s supply dams are now 74,4 percent full. According to the Bulawayo City Council, Insiza Dam was spilling while Upper Ncema was at 71,70 percent full and Mtshabezi at 79,49 percent full as of yesterday. Inyankuni and Lower Ncema are at 37,81 percent …