Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Growing the herd: CSC’s historical footprints by Business Reporter | Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 | 185 views THE CSC, as we know it today, is a successor entity of a pre-colonial institution that was created in 1938 mainly to serve the interests of small-scale cattle farmers and promote the country’s beef industry. [Extracts from a paper by …
Tobacco the way to go, farmers urged by Emilia Zindi | Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 | 90 views Due to the high costs of production, some farmers have opted for other crops like maize and soya beans Emilia Zindi – Agriculture Editor Tobacco farmers have been urged to continue producing the golden leaf despite the poor 2015 marketing …
Tobacco: The noose is tightening by darlington musarurwa | Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 | 478 views Is the future of tobacco viable SINCE Sunday – which itself was ominously the World No Tobacco Day – this has been a thoroughly unpleasant week for the tobacco industry: Stakeholders have had to digest unpalatable news both from the domestic front and …
AGRICULTURE: Cotton season opens with price war by Emilia Zindi | Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 | 332 views COTTON Emilia Zindi – Agriculture Editor The Agricultural Marketing Authority has approved 98 common buying points across Zimbabwe as the cotton marketing season begins, with prices again the bone of contention. The Competition and Tariffs Commission last season banned unions …
Cold Storage Company STEWS IN DEBT by Kudakwashe Mutandi | Sunday, Jun 7, 2015 | 1603 views Turnaround plan before Cabinet Private investors swoop on assets The cattle business is now in the hands of private businesses who enjoy a sizeable market share The Cold Storage Company is clinging to one abattoir and 700 cattle as it …
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe is in preliminary talks with the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) to kick start a multi-million dollar tomato canning plant at Arda Balu Estate in Umguza district that has been lying idle since the early 1980’s, businessdigest has established. Kudzai Kuwaza The equipment for the plant was sourced by the late vice-president …
Low global prices hit local sugar industry June 5, 2015 in Business THE local sugar industry is reeling from low global prices stemming from surplus stocks and is seeking alternative markets, a unit of sugar producer Tongaat Hulett said yesterday. BUSINESS REPORTER The low global prices are a setback for the sector that was supposed to …
Call for cattle artificial insemination progamme suspension June 5, 2015 Local News Marvelous Moyo Gwanda CorrespondentGWANDA rural district councillors have called for the suspension of a cattle artificial insemination (AI) programme as it is not yielding positive results.The councillors said the programme could end up bringing poverty to the people, if allowed to continue. In the …
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$500 000 winter maize to save Masvingo A $500 000 winter maize project funded by sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett, is set to avert food shortages in the drought-prone Masvingo Province. By Tatenda Chitagu The project aims to produce an estimated 1 300 metric tonnes of the staple grain by October. Sitting on a 329-hectare plot, …
AGRIC Banks, Mobile Service Providers Misunderstand Farmers 4 Jun 2015 Agriculture is a complex business whose knowledge cannot be wholly shared through short codes or short message services. Charles Dewa BEFORE the advent of mobile technology, audiences were more captive, allowing newspapers, radio and television to monopolise people’s mind-shares. Smallholder farming communities and people’s markets …
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