Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
New tobacco varieties out August 28, 2015 Local News Lisa Shirichena Herald ReporterThe Tobacco Research Board (TRB) has released new varieties to boost tobacco production in the country. In an interview on Tuesday, TRB assistant general manager Mr Oswel Mharapara said the new varieties had been bred to combine acceptable growth behaviour and resistance to all major …
Issue out grain permits only – Millers August 28, 2015 in Business BULAWAYO — Millers have urged the government to issue out only grain permits, not mealie-meal ones, in order to protect local industry from cheap imports. Government, together with the private sector, plans to import about 700 000 metric tonnes of maize to cater for deficits …
Area Under Cotton To Increase In 2016 Tabitha Mutenga 27 Aug 2015 Seed cotton production declined by 34 percent from 136 000 tonnes last year, to 90 000 tonnes this year. FORECASTS for the 2015/2016 cotton production season have indicated a 10 percent increase in seed cotton to 210 000 hectares due to anticipated increase in …
Plan for drought every year, Met Dept warns August 27, 2015 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterThe Meteorological Services Department has advised responsible authorities to plan for a drought every year and invest in dam construction and irrigation schemes as rainfall patterns have become more unpredictable due to climate change. During a presentation at the third agro-business …
HARARE AGRICULTURAL SHOW – Day 2 August 26, 2015 Local News Stories by Elita Chikwati, Agriculture Reporter Protect natural resources: EMA Farmers should see economic value in natural resources and use them to improve their livelihoods, an Environmental Management Agency official has said. Speaking at EMA’s stand at the Harare Agricultural Show yesterday, the agency’s public …
Govt to scrap fertiliser duty August 25, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Minister Chinamasa Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGovernment is considering scrapping duty on imported fertilisers this season to help reduce production costs and increase farmers’ viability, a senior official has said. This comes as the fertiliser industry also announced a 20 percent price decrease in all fertlisers, a move …
Contract Farming: Zim’s Necessary Evil Tabitha Mutenga 20 Aug 2015 Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) this year approved four new firms to finance contract farming, CONTRACT farming is arguably the new force propelling agriculture in Zimbabwe.The system refers to an arrangement where agricultural production is carried out on the basis of an agreement between the buyer …
Tobacco industry moves to reverse crop’s ecological footprint August 24, 2015 Business The Sustainable Afforestation Association targets to plant up to 30 000ha (or 4 000ha-5 000ha each year) of the fast-growing gum tree in seven years Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryThe Sustainable Afforestation Association (SAA) has spent $3,7 million planting nearly 4 000 hectares of eucalyptus …
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Agric show roars into life August 24, 2015 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterLivestock exhibition at the 105th Harare Agricultural will go ahead despite the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in some parts of the country and African swine fever in Mt Darwin. There were no cattle at the Midlands Show last week owing to the …
Zim turns to South America for grain imports August 24, 2015 Business Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe chairman Tafadzwa Musarara responds to questions from the floor while permanent secretary in Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s office Thabani Ndlovu listens at a Bulawayo hotel last week during the Zimbabwe Food Conference and Expo Business EditorZIMBABWE plans to import …