Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Government looking into water harvesting April 8, 2016 Opinion & Analysis Run-off water harvesting Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls ReporterDESPAIR, desolation and anguish grips communal farmers each time they look at their wilting crop and dying animals. The farmers are already counting their losses as the 2015/2016 rainy season draws to an end with little to show. …
Requirements to register as a grower or transporter April 7, 2016 Business Registration for tobacco growers for 2016/2017 agricultural season is in progress and Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board encourages farmers to register before October 31, 2016 to avoid penalties for late registration. Application for registration opened on January 1, and will close on October 31. Thereafter …
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Millers cry foul as Govt issues maize-meal import permits April 7, 2016 Business Conrad Mwanawashe Business ReporterGovernment has issued 68 permits for the importation of 140 000 metric tonnes of maize-meal valued at an estimated $60 million, in the process attracting the ire of local millers who feel its a way of destroying the country’s milling industry. …
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Tobacco deliveries, sales increase April 7, 2016 Local News Brenda Ziga Herald ReporterTOBACCO deliveries have increased by 54 percent this year compared to the same period last year, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has said. TIMB statistics show that there was an increase from 1,3 million kilogrammes sold for $2,7 million last year in the first …
Agriculture Column: Impact of polluted water on agriculture April 7, 2016 Business Tapuwa MashangwaPOLLUTED water is a major cause of human disease, misery and death. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as many as four million children die every year as a result of diarrhoea caused by water-borne infection. The bacteria most commonly found in …
Sugar firm donates maize to Masvingo April 6, 2016 Local News Dr Made From George Maponga in CHIREDZISUGAR producer Tongaat Hulett last Thursday handed over 1 300 tonnes of maize, produced under the winter maize project at its estates in the Lowveld to Government, boosting the food security situation in Masvingo province where over 700 000 …
Tobacco deliveries take a knock at auction floors April 5, 2016 in Business THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) recorded a decrease in tobacco deliveries in the first week of the tobacco selling season for this year compared to 2015. BY TARISAI MANDIZHA Figures provided by TIMB show that as of Friday, delivered tobacco represented a …
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Acting now to end hunger in Africa by 2025 April 5, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis Jose Graziano da Silva Correspondent Actions taken by African leaders are essential, and so are actions by the rest of the world. Sustained political commitment at the highest level is necessary so that any growth recorded on the continent reaches the poorest …
Tobacco sales off to a good start April 5, 2016 Business Tobacco farmers have collectively earned $761 029 from the 518 255 kilogrammes of the crop sold on the second day of the selling season, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has said. The 2016 tobacco selling season opened on Wednesday at the auction floors and Thursday …
Massey Ferguson courts farmers April 5, 2016 Business Massey Ferguson has been contributing to farm output here for over 130 years Business Reporter Massey Ferguson, a worldwide brand of AGCO, has invited farmers and agricultural dealers from across Africa to attend its “Vision of the Future” farm mechanisation event at the AGCO Future Farm in Lusaka, …