Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Drip irrigation project to benefit 100,000 farmers November 27, 2015 Business Samantha Chigogo, Harare BureauMore than 100,000 small scale tobacco farmers are set to benefit from a drip irrigation project being spearheaded by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board to boost yields. Speaking during a tour of drip irrigation schemes in Beatrice yesterday, TIMB public relations …
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Vermicomposts boost tobacco production November 26, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis Vermicomposts have high porosity, aeration, drainage, water-holding capacity (nine times more than any other composts) and enhanced microbial activity, which make them excellent soil amendments or conditioners One factor contributing to low crop productivity in Zimbabwe is the agricultural ecological imbalance that current farming and …
Suspend flour imports: Millers November 27, 2015 Business Martin Kadzere and Munesu NyakudyaTHE Grain Millers Association has called on Government to suspend flour imports for the next six months to protect the local milling industry, the lobby group has said. The local milling industry is facing decline in capacity utilisation as depreciation of regional currencies, particularly …
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OPINION: Make tree planting an everyday culture November 25, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Saul Gwakuba NdlovuTHE destruction of trees by veld fires and deliberate actions of irresponsible people has resulted in desert-threatening conditions in many parts of Zimbabwe. That has led to adverse climatic conditions such as drought because in the absence of trees, moisture-laden wind …
Aflatoxins: Poisoning health, trade in sub-Saharan Africa November 24, 2015 in National, News BULAWAYO – Aflatoxin contamination is a growing threat to trade, food and health security in sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farmers are challenged by food production and now climate change, researchers said. BY BUSANI BAFANA Aflatoxins are toxic and cancer-causing poisons produced by certain green mould …
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Met Dept warns of low rains November 24, 2015 Local News Herald ReportersTHE Meteorological Services Department is encouraging farmers to grow small grains this farming season as the country is expected to receive poor rains. Addressing journalists during a media briefing in Harare last week, MSD forecaster Mr John Mupuro said there was a high likelihood …
Rain destroys Tsholotsho homesteads, schools November 20, 2015 Local News Tsholotsho south Member of Parliament Zenzo Sibanda and Dikili headmaster Robert Ngwenya viewing the classroom block which was destroyed by heavy rains at Dikili primary school Patient Sibanda, Chronicle ReporterAT least 18 homesteads and five schools in Tsholotsho were destroyed and more than 3,000 cattle, donkeys …
Vandalism, Veld Fires Destabilise Cattle Farming Tabitha Mutenga 19 Nov 2015 Veld fires are destroying pastures which is a threat to the country’s restocking exercise DESPITE an increase in the national beef herd last season, vandalism of security infrastructure and the destruction of pastures due to uncontrolled veld fires continues to threaten cattle production in both …
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Farmers trust word of mouth more November 18, 2015 in Business From a recent research conducted by eMKambo and the Zimbabwe Economic Analysis Research Unit, a surprising discovery was that although there has been so much investment in ICTs, farmers still trust word of mouth as their main means of communication. BY CHARLES DHEWA They find word …