Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt speeds up Chirundu-Beitbridge road rehab – NewsDay Zimbabwe 11/7/2019 BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA Government has engaged four more contractors to speed up road rehabilitation works of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway. Since the ground-breaking ceremony held in Beatrice a few months ago, progress has been slow with Zimbabweans taking to social media platforms to register their …
Agric output growth to keep food prices low, but . . . 11/7/2019 The Herald Correspondent Global demand for agricultural products is projected to grow by 15 percent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, causing inflation-adjusted prices of the major agricultural commodities to remain at or …
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Agritex officers training tobacco farmers 11/7/2019 The Herald Lawrence Chitumba Mashonaland Central Correspondent THE Department of Agritex has embarked on a campaign to educate tobacco farmers in Mashonaland Central Province on the dangers of not destroying tobacco stalks. This follows revelations that only 40 percent of the farmers countrywide have destroyed their stalks. This …
1 500 tractors on way from Belarus 11/7/2019 The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Zimbabwe is expected to receive 1 500 tractors and their implements from Belarus in the next few weeks as Government moves a gear up in mechanising the agricultural sector to boost productivity, a senior official has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water, …
Embrace agric technologies, President tells farmers 11/7/2019 President Mnangagwa is led on a tour of Radzim Agri-Power by the company’s managing director, Mr Keith Lowe (left), in Bluffhill, Harare,yesterday. Also in attendance was Harare Metropolitan Province Minister Oliver Chidawu (far right). — (Picture by Justin Mutenda) The Herald Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter President Mnangagwa …
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FMD vaccines shortage causes disease outbreaks 11/7/2019 The Chronicle Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter THE shortage of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in the country is the major cause of outbreaks which may jeopardise the Government’s plan to boost livestock farming, an official has said. In her 2018 report, Zimbabwe’s Auditor General Mrs Mildred Chiri said it is …
Biofortified crops key in fight against hidden hunger 10/7/2019 The Herald Daphne Machiri Features Correspondent Climate change, which has resulted in low rainfall has impaired Zimbabwe’s food security situation. As a result of changes in rainfall patterns, the agriculture sector has been hamstrung due to low productivity compounded by bad agricultural practices. Lack of …
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No water indefinitely!. . . Bulawayo water woes get worse 10/7/2019 The Chronicle Nqobile Tshili/Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporters THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday indefinitely shutdown water supplies to the entire city to stabilise water levels at its reservoirs, worsening residents’ water woes. Only hospitals, industry, mines and the Central Business District have been exempted …
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Agric official quizzed over $2bn expenditure Source: Agric official quizzed over $2bn expenditure – NewsDay Zimbabwe July 9, 2019 BY VENERANDA LANGA AGRICULTURE permanent secretary Ringson Chitsiko was yesterday quizzed by the Tendai Biti-led Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over shambolic 2017 accounts, which revealed that the ministry consumed a $2 billion budget with no supporting vouchers …
New FMD strain: Zim on high alert 9/7/2019 The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Zimbabwe is on high alert following the emergence of new strains of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) serotypes O and A, which cause severe clinical diseases and deaths in pigs and small ruminants such as goats and sheep. The strains …