Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Winter wheat hectarage drops May 21, 2015 Business Oliver Kazunga Senior Business ReporterWINTER wheat farming in Zimbabwe has dropped to about 2,600 hectares this season from 6,000 hectares planted in 2014 due to numerous viability challenges facing farmers. Over the years, farmers have cited lack of funding, power constraints, the impact of cheap imports and high …
Zim gets $38m farm machinery May 23, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories President Mugabe — flanked by Brazilian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Marcia Maro Da Silva (left), Vice Presidents Cdes Emmerson Mnangagwa (right) and Phelekezela Mphoko (partly obscured) and Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made — views some of the equipment commissioned under the Zimbabwe-Brazil More Food …
Zimbabwe plunges towards a food crisis Mhondoro-Ngezi – Farisai Moyo was hoping for a bumper harvest this year, but all he has to show for his hard work is a field of wilted maize – the result of a prolonged dry spell across much of Zimbabwe that is likely to tip the country into food …
Sugarcane price drops by 10% Sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld have blasted Tongaat Hullett’s decision to slash the price of sugarcane by 10% per tonne for the 2014-2015 harvest, saying the move would plunge them into poverty. By Tatenda Chitagu Tongaat used to buy a tonne of sugarcane at $577, but the price has …
Strategic Grain Reserve to the rescue by Sunday Mail Reporter | Sunday, May 24, 2015 | 446 views White Maize Government will soon distribute 138 000 tonnes of maize from the Strategic Grain Reserve to communities whose harvests failed in the predominantly dry 2014-15 summer cropping season. Households will receive a package whose contents will be …
GMB owes maize farmers $28,7m as govt resorts to imports May 8, 2015 in National, News FARMERS are still owed over $28,7 million for the 146 000 metric tonnes of maize they delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) last year as government struggles to fund the agricultural sector due to biting economic challenges, Parliament has been …
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Millers slash maize price by 50pc May 8, 2015 Business Conrad Mwanawashe Business ReporterLOCAL millers have slashed the purchase price of white maize by more than 50 percent to as low as $140 per metric tonne following the high influx of imported maize meal which is trading at $310 per metric tonne, the price at which …
Zimbabwe to import 700,000t grain May 5, 2015 Local News Minister Joseph Made Harare BureauThe country needs to import over 700,000 tonnes of maize between now and the next harvest in 2016 to avert food crisis following the dry spell that affected crops in most parts of the country, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph …
Maize imports forecast to double April 30, 2015 Business Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made Harare BureauZIMBABWE is forecast to double maize imports this year after poor weather affected production in parts of the country while the region could also face food insecurities.According to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation yesterday, …
Disabled farmer defies odds May 1, 2015 Local News Edward Mundanga shows the maize crop from his field Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle ReporterA BUBI farmer living with a disability has defied odds and put to good use land he was allocated under the government’s land reform programme.Edward Mundanga of Plot 3 Bletchley Block is expecting a bumper …