Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Cassava: A boost for food security, rural development May 27, 2016 in Feature Story, News NYANGA — For many years, Robert Sachiwaya (59), a small-holder farmer in ward 30, Nyanga district, has been cultivating cassava on the sidelines of crops such as maize, groundnuts and potatoes, or as a boundary fence to his fields. by TONDERAYI MATONHO …
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Farmers should take advantage of reduced water tariffs May 27, 2016 Business At the end of last year, Government, in consultation with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority, announced a reduction in raw water tariffs. The reduced water tariffs took effect on December 1, 2015. Announcing the reduction during the 2016 National Budget presentation in the House of Assembly, …
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Farm mechanisation: Only way to transform agric sector May 26, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis The missing link that continues to relegate most farmers into the subsistence category is the lack of modern farming equipment Tendai Mugabe : Senior Reporter In the year 2000, Zimbabwe embarked on a land reform programme that attracted the attention of the …
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Preparing for 2017 tobacco season May 26, 2016 Business After the first five weeks of the 2016 tobacco marketing season, farmers have pocketed $240 million from 83 million kilogrammes of tobacco sold at an average price of $2, 87. Tobacco deliveries also increased by 35, 5 percent as compared to the same time last season while amounts …
NATFoods to set up new company May 25, 2016 Business Tinashe Makichi, Business ReporterZimbabwe’s stockfeed manufacturing giants, National Foods and Profeeds are planning to set up a new stockfeed company which will be run as a separate entity. The move is expected to ensure that the groups utilise their capacity to the fullest while it will …
AMA stays clear of cotton pricing wars May 25, 2016 Business THE cotton buying season opens on June 1 with farmers expecting a minimum price of at least 63 cents per kg, an official said on Monday, as the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) distanced itself from potential pricing wars that have become the norm in previous …
Is sand abstraction a driver of land degradation? May 26, 2016 Business GLOBAL assessments indicate that the percentage of total land area that is highly degraded has increased from15% in 1991 to 25% by 2011(UNCCD, 2013). The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO, 2011), estimated that every year, 24 billion tonnes of fertile soils are lost through …
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Tobacco sales up 35 percent May 26, 2016 Business Senior Business ReporterZIMBABWE’S tobacco sales have since the beginning of the selling season increased by 35,45 percent to 84 million kilogrammes compared 62 million kg during the same period last year. Latest statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show that about $240 million has …
3,000 jobs at revamped tomato canning plant May 24, 2016 Business Some of the idle equipment at Arda’s Balu Estate in Umguza Oliver Kazunga Senior Business ReporterA JOINT-VENTURE tomato and fruit processing investment between Schweppes Zimbabwe and the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) is targeting to create at least 3,000 direct and indirect jobs. About 300 …
Rain, cold weather forecast May 24, 2016 Local News Melody Mashaire Harare BureauTHE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) says the country will from tomorrow experience light rains and low temperatures. In a statement, the department said moist air was expected to enter southern and western parts of Zimbabwe from Botswana. “Some relatively moist air is forecast to enter southern …