Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Woman hits jackpot with quail birds May 8, 2016 In August last year, banking and finance graduate Kudzanai Kanyangara, unemployed and with a family to look after, acquired 70 quail birds to breed and sell at her Highfield home in Harare. BY TAPIWA ZIVIRA Her expectations at that time were that the birds would give …
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Initiative: Assistance to Zimbabwe with development of an updated foot and mouth disease control strategy (Part of a wider regional project aimed at development of non-geographic approaches to management of FMD trade-risk through application of commodity-based trade) Read more>>
Millers import 160 000t maize, expect 250 000t more May 6, 2016 in Business THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has imported 160 000 metric tonnes of maize and is expecting to get an additional 250 000 metric tonnes in the next 90 days to ease the food crisis induced by drought. BY TARISAI MANDIZHA …
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56 maize hybrids released 0 Companies & Markets May 5, 2016By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Seed CO Zimbabwe managing director Denias Zaranyika SEED CO Zimbabwe managing director Denias Zaranyika called on farmers to improve yield per hectare in order for the country to retain its breadbasket status. Addressing farmers at Seed Co’s Rattary Arnold …
Zim moves to rejuvenate seed sector 0 Companies & Markets May 5, 2016By Cyril Zenda The development comes at a time when the country’s seed development sub-sector has registered a decline compared to its peers in the region, namely Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. AS part of efforts to arrest a decline that has been registered …
Kapenta industry under threat 0 Companies & Markets May 5, 2016By Shame Makoshori, Senior Business Reporter A fishing boat sails on Lake Kariba …as overfishing hits Lake Kariba LAKE Kariba has become a victim of overfishing with over 1 100 commercial fishing rigs exploiting various types of fish in the world’s second largest man made water …
Livestock market update: May 2016 May 6, 2016 Business Farmers, agricultural service providers and livestock experts will converge at the Agricultural Trust Farm, Pomona, on Thursday May 19 for Symposium 2016 – the annual technical and networking forum for livestock farmers. This year, the Symposium focuses on health and bio-security in pigs and chickens, which together make …
Tobacco seed sales decline 86 percent May 6, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterTobacco seed sales have declined by 86 percent, a development that could see a reduction of the crop next season, Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board latest statistics have shown. According to TIMB, farmers have bought 7 750 grammes equivalent to 1 292 hectares …
Keep your quail birds: Mnangagwa May 6, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter—THE government supports the production of quail birds (izigwaca in isiNdebele or zvihuta in Shona) as this improves nutrition and livelihoods of people, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. He said the government had never banned the production of the quails but was against poaching …
When animals become traffic hazard 1 Opinions April 28, 2016 By Andrew Kunambura, Political Reporter There has been in recent years a sharp rise in the number of fatal road traffic accidents involving animals, according to figures from the Police and the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ). THERE is so much to think about …