Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
ZFPA to hold fish farming indaba 26/3/2019 The Herald As Zimbabwe sets out to develop a fully-fledged fish farming industry, a number of initiatives can be adopted to grow the vast aquaculture potential of the country. Zimbabwe already boasts the largest fish farming operation in Africa and there is scope to grow small-scale commercial …
Normalcy returns at tobacco floors 26/3/2019 The Chronicle Kudakwashe Mhundwa and Kumbirai Tarusarira Activities at the country’s Tobacco Auction Floors are expected to improve this week following the scrapping of the 2 percent electronic transfer tax on all activities being done at the country’s tobacco floors, with prices being offered for the crop beginning …
Govt set to ferry fuel by road – NewsDay Zimbabwe 25/3/2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA GOVERNMENT is considering bringing in fuel by road after Cyclone Idai flattened Mozambique’s port city of Beira linking the country’s fuel pipeline. The port, which houses the control room which pumps fuel into the pipeline, was the worst affected with …
30 000 tonnes of wheat expected 25/3/2019 The Herald Herald Correspondents THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) last Thursday said it was expecting a wheat consignment of 30 000 tonnes this week to avert bread shortages. GMAZ public relations manager Mr Garikai Chaunza said they have made an alternative after more than 100 …
Small-scale pig producers cry foul 25/3/2019 The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Small-scale pig producers are complaining over the suspension by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB)to sell maize for stockfeeds to individual farmers. The farmers complained that GMB was prioritising major stockfeed manufacturers who were taking advantage of the move to rip off …
Cyclone Idai hits 2019 tobacco output 25/3/2019 The Chronicle Business Reporter THE output for this year’s tobacco marketing season is projected to decline due to the damage of the crop and the barns by the deadly Cyclone Idai. The natural disaster, which recently struck most parts of Manicaland and Mashonaland East provinces, left a …
Arda grows veggies for Vic Falls market 25/3/2019 The Chronicle Leonard Ncube in Victoria Falls PLAYERS in the hospitality industry are set to stop importing perishable vegetables if efforts by the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) to ramp up local production succeed. ARDA board chair Mr Basil Nyabadza said they had started growing …
Fuel shortages worsen 24/3/2019 Source: Fuel shortages worsen | Daily News MOTORISTS here have for the past week endured stock outs of fuel supplies, indicating a worsening fuel situation in the petroleum industry. So bad has been the situation that even the pump stations that sell in foreign currency have virtually gone dry.The few that …
Fuel relief for business…Rebate processing begins…Move to impact on prices 24/3/2019 Source: Fuel relief for business…Rebate processing begins…Move to impact on prices | Sunday Mail Kuda BwititiChief Reporter Government will now refund businesses for extra costs incurred in buying fuel at new prices that became effective on January 13, raising expectations that this might positively …
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Good news for tobacco farmers 24/3/2019 Sunday Mail Sharon Munjenjema Activity is expected to pick up at the tobacco auction floors from tomorrow after Government scrapped, with immediate effect, a two percent Intermediated Money Transfer Tax on tobacco sales whi;e it clarified that farmers will get half of their earnings in United States dollars. …