Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Are you prepared for the fire season? March 31, 2016 Business VELD fires have become one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, causing unprecedented damage to Zimbabwe’s natural resources, forests, animal habitat and even leading to the loss of life and valuable property. Simply defined, veld fires are blazes that get out of …
Nkayi women venture into green tea project March 31, 2016 Business Nkayi women harvesting umsuzwane tea in the bush recently Bianca Mlilo, Business ReporterGENERATING an income is a nightmare for many people living in rural communities in Zimbabwe. But while many rural dwellers sit and complain about Zimbabwe’s high unemployment rate, worsened by escalating company closures and retrenchments …
Ivory smuggling gang nabbed at Plumtree March 31, 2016 Local News Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree CorrespondentTHREE men have been arrested while a fourth fled from the police after they were found with elephant tusks at the Plumtree Border Post. Isaah Nonzeri, 39, of Harare, Linch Mupfurutsa, 33, of Bindura, Shingirai Chitemerere, 26, also of Bindura and Rodrick …
Tobacco price boon for farmers March 31, 2016 Local News Minister Joseph Made Elita Chikwati and Brenda Ziga Harare BureauTHE tobacco auction floors opened on a higher note in Harare yesterday with the first bale fetching $4,50 per kg, which is an increase of 21 percent on last season’s opening price of $3,50. Although volumes of tobacco …
Wet Blue Industries to supply 15 000 hides monthly March 30, 2016 in Business BULAWAYO-BASED tannery Wet Blue Industries is currently locked in discussions with Cold Storage Company (CSC) in which it is expected to get a supply of over 15 000 hides monthly, NewsDay has learnt. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Wet Blue, once the biggest tannery in …
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Making knowledge needs visible through agricultural markets March 30, 2016 in News One of the biggest challenges besetting African smallholder agriculture is the fact that agricultural knowledge is invisible. BY CHARLES DHEWA By looking at a farmer or a trader, you cannot tell what knowledge these people possess or need. Two farmers can pass each other in …
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Tobacco marketing season starts today March 30, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterThe 2016 tobacco marketing season officially starts today at the auction floors and tomorrow at the contract floors with at least 158 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf expected to be sold this year. This indicates a decline of 20 percent from last year’s …
Greening our world for our future March 30, 2016 Opinion & Analysis Tongai Magocha“IF humankind continues to pollute the environment and exploit the world’s natural resources at the present rate we will have to colonise two planets in outer space within the next 50 years to survive,” a friend remarked the other day when we were …
500 000t maize delivered March 25, 2016 Local News Mr Chitsiko Melody Mashaire Herald ReporterGOVERNMENT has taken delivery of over 500 000 tonnes of grain, almost half of the country’s requirement until December. The country needs slightly over 1,3 million tonnes of maize until the end of the year, and true to President Mugabe’s undertaking that no one …
‘Zim has enough maize seed for 2016-17 season’ March 29, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterZIMBABWE will have enough maize seed for the 2016/ 17 farming season despite the drought that affected the bulk of the crop planted this season, a senior Government official has said. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Permanent Secretary Mr Ringson Chitsiko said …