Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Drought kills 22 000 cattle Posted by Tabitha Mutenga 0 Companies & Markets March 17, 2016 The country has recorded a marked increase in drought related cattle deaths between October 2015 and February 2016 dur to poor pasture conditions countrywide OVER 22 000 drought-related cattle deaths were recorded between October 2015 and February 2016 due …
Fertiliser firms hit crisis Posted by Staff Reporter 0 Top Stories March 17, 2016 Agriculture minister Joseph Made is amongst those who feel strongly that fertilisers should land in Zimbabwe cheaply to cushion farmers from high input costs as well as guaranteeing adequate supplies on the domestic market. By Dumisani NdlelaDeputy Editor-in-Chief FERTILISER manufacturing companies have …
‘Shift in tobacco auctioning season to affect performance’ March 17, 2016 in Business The delay in the opening of the tobacco marketing season by a month will impact negatively in the half year performance of TSL Limited, chief executive officer, Washington Matsaira has said. BY TARISAI MANDIZHA The tobacco marketing season is starting on March 30. …
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The role of Hurudza in agric success March 17, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis Charles Dhewa Agricultural success is more about combining available resources appropriately than access to finance. In most cases farmers are not really sure what is critical in order to be successful producers. Some may have cattle for draught power but need a tractor. …
‘Let’s work together in food security’ March 17, 2016 Business From left . . . The new president of the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) Mr Denias Zaranyika, Mr Nicholas Goble of South Africa who stepped down after serving his constitutional two-year tenure and Kenya’s Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Willy Bett follow proceedings …
Drought hardest on the elderly around country March 17, 2016 Opinion & Analysis Sukulwenkosi DubeKUBELELO Ngwenya, 88, a communal farmer in Mnigau area, Bulilima District, is a proud woman who grows her own food. For many years, her working culture has inspired younger villagers to perfect the art of self-reliance. But this farming season her fortunes …
Farmers lose $4bln grain due to poor storage March 17, 2016 Business Brenda Ziga Harare BureauSub-Saharan Africa is losing grain worth $4 billion annually due to poor handling and storage facilities, a Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development official has said. The lost grain has the capacity to meet the minimum food requirement of 48 million …
Colcom to increase pig production March 17, 2016 Business Business ReporterCOLCOM Holdings plans to increase pig production at its auxiliary unit from 300 to 450 pigs per week through identification of suitable piggeries. Group chairman, John Koumides, said in a statement accompanying company’s abridged financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2015, that the firm was …
Agriculture Column: Biodiversity in organic farming March 17, 2016 Business Tapuwa MashangwaSINCE 1990 the market for organic food and other products has grown rapidly, reaching $63 billion worldwide in 2012. According to Helga Willer, Julia Lernoud and Robert Home in their research report: The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics & Emerging Trends 2013, as of 2011, …
Abattoir operators call for reduction of purchase levies March 16, 2016 in National, News THE Zimbabwe Abattoir and Pig Producers’ Association yesterday called on rural district councils to reduce their 10,5% livestock purchase levies, saying the high levies further eroded the farmers’ profits. BY VENERANDA LANGA The association’s chairman, Godfrey Chanetsa, also told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on …
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