Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Another bumper agric season beckons September 24, 2014 Headlines, Top Stories Herald Reporters— Zimbabwe is headed for yet another successful agricultural season following yesterday’s announcement that the Presidential Well-Wishers Input Scheme for the 2014-15 summer cropping season will cover all food crops and cotton for about 1,6 million households. Under the scheme, A1 and communal …
$300m needed for inputs, silos’ refurbishment Herald Reporter— More than $300 million is required to fund mobilisation of this year’s summer inputs and the refurbishment of silos at the Grain Marketing Board, legislators heard yesterday. This comes as legislators have called for a national dialogue to determine whether the country should embrace genetically modified organisms …
Agriculture ministry grilled over GMOs adoption September 24, 2014 PARLIAMENT yesterday grilled Agriculture permanent secretary Ringson Chitsiko over government’s refusal to adopt genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and BT Cotton production. VENERANDA LANGA SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER Chitsiko and Grain Marketing Board (GMB) general manager Albert Mandizha were quizzed over the issue when they appeared before two …
Hippo Valley welcomes sugar duty review September 23, 2014 GOVERNMENT’S decision to review duty upwards on sugar imports will enable local sugar industry players to regain lost market share, a sugar concern has said. BUSINESS REPORTER In his mid-term fiscal policy review recently, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa increased duty on a wide range of imports …
Banana venture transforms villagers’ lives September 18, 2014 SMALL-SCALE banana farming in parts of Chipinge has proved to be a life-saver under extremely hot weather conditions. Obey Manayiti Previously thousands of hectares of irrigated land was lying idle in Chibuwe and Mutema areas. The idea to start irrigation schemes in low-lying areas of Chipinge with …
SA ready to fight EU ban on citrus fruit THE government was ready to take the European Union (EU) to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to challenge its objections to imports of SA’s citrus fruit due to black spot, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Thursday. SA, which earns about R3bn a year …
Government urged to release $7,6m for GMB rehab September 9, 2014 in News THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation has urged government to urgently release the $7,6 million required to rehabilitate the Grain Marketing Board (GMB)’s dilapidated grain silos. VENERANDA LANGA SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER In a report tabled in the National Assembly last …
$10m needed for CSC revival: Zhanda September 9, 2014 in News GOVERNMENT says the Cold Storage Company (CSC) requires over $10 million capital injection to get back on its feet. OWN CORRESPONDENT Speaking to NewsDay on the sidelines of a regional congress of the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union in Masvingo yesterday, Agriculture deputy minister responsible for livestock, Paddy …
‘Processed tobacco would have earned Zim $65 billion’ September 5, 2014 Business Zimbabwe could have earned $65 billion instead of $650 million that it realised from tobacco sales in the 2014 marketing season had it processed the crop into finished products, an industry expert has said.The country produced over 200 million kilogrammes of tobacco most of …
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Banks on tobacco farming August 29, 2014 Local News Mr Sam Malaba Agriculture ReporterBanks have pledged to continue funding tobacco farmers as the sector has proved to be more lucrative compared to other crops such as maize. Speaking at the National Dialogue on Agro Business, Food Security and Nutrition on Wednesday, Bankers Association of Zimbabwepresident Mr …