Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Met dept warns of heat wave October 9, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Harare BureauDIFFERENT parts of the country will experience high temperatures of between 35 and 45 degrees celsius starting today until next weekend, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said yesterday. Low lying areas such as Kariba, Chiredzi, Binga and Beitbridge will be the most affected. “Daytime temperatures …
Let’s heed meteorological predictions October 7, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Saul Gwakuba NdlovuTHE month of October in Zimbabwe is usually associated with the first rains in the region that covers the western part of the country, Botswana, Zambia’s Western Province, western parts of Mozambique, the northern districts of the Transvaal, Masvingo Province and the Midlands. It …
El Nino threatens to scorch, soak Africa October 8, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis Also called “Little Boy” or “Christ Child” – Peruvian fishermen first noted it around Christmas – El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific that occurs every few years. The last “super” El Nino occurred …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Farmers must adapt to climate change October 5, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis The weather forecast released by the Meteorological Services Department last week showing that most parts of the country will experience drought has severe implications not only on agriculture and food security, but also on energy. It is, however, not all gloom …
Zim Food Insecurity Remains A Challenge Tabitha Mutenga 1 Oct 2015 Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made ZIMBABWE is unlikely to achieve food security in the near future due to several challenges, which include erratic rainfall, poor funding, low producer prices and continued farm disruptions.These factors are expected to continue wreaking havoc in the coming agricultural season.Yet, …
Zinatha renews rain predictions October 2, 2015 Local News Patient Sibanda Chronicle ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Traditional Healers’ Association (Zinatha) has reiterated its claim that Zimbabwe will receive good rains, going against scientific forecasts. Zinatha, a grouping of hundreds of practitioners of African traditional medicine, last Saturday held a rain-making ceremony at a shrine in Bulawayo. Zinatha cultural secretary Enerst Tekere …
Farmers organisations are critical to agriculture September 30, 2015 Business Sanderson AbelThe coming aboard of various farmer organisations should have been a welcome move but unfortunately it wasn’t because the benefits that arose from these were minimal as the majority of them failed to take aboard the small-holder communal farmers. Agriculture is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s …
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Colcom to increase pig output capacity September 28, 2015 Business During the year ended June 30, Colcom’s Triple C Farms delivered 56 570 pigs, down from 58 184 herds in the previous comparable period Business ReporterPORK producer Colcom Holdings Ltd says it expects to increase pig production by 27 percent in the first quarter of 2016 …
Sadc on drought alert September 26, 2015 Local News sadc Climate Service Centre Regional Coordinating office said much of the region is likely to receive normal to below-normal rainfall Admire Ndlovu CorrespondentSOUTHERN Africa is assessing its food security situation amid preliminary indications that the region could experience a drought. The 19th Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (Sarcof-19), …
Food aid distribution begins in all provinces…Hunger relief September 28, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Zvamaida Murwira Harare Bureau—The government will today start distributing drought relief food to families affected by the drought in all the country’s ten provinces. The deficit of 700,000 tonnes of grain is being addressed through importation from a number of countries by both the government …
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