Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zim seeks food solution JOHN KACHEMBERE AND XOLISANI NCUBE • 23 SEPTEMBER 2013 7:01AM • 0 COMMENTS SHARE THIS ARTICLE: Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareShare on emailMore Sharing Services0 HARARE – This week Zimbabwe will host an agricultural indaba in a bid to unlock answers to the country’s perennial food …
IN late 2012, Knowledge Transfer Africa (KTA), an indigenous knowledge systems company, launched an interactive knowledge-sharing platform for the agriculture sector called eMkambo. The company has now launched a complementary service called eMkambo Call Centre (eMCC) and NewsDay (ND) columnist Omen Muza, who has been closely following the company’s progress, recently caught up with Charles …
Agriculture: The tale of Zimbabwe’s sleeping giant September 19, 2013 in Business, Multimedia THE question of food security, insecurity of property rights and unequal access to land represents a chink in the armour of Zimbabwe, which is widely portrayed as one of the economic and political standouts in Africa. REPORT BY WISDOM MDZUNGAIRI With weak institutions, …
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Hippo Valley to increase exports JOHN KACHEMBERE • 17 SEPTEMBER 2013 10:37AM • 0 COMMENTS SHARE THIS ARTICLE: Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinShare on pinterest_shareShare on google_plusone_shareShare on emailMore Sharing Services0 HARARE – Hippo Valley Estates Limited (Hippo Valley) says it is targeting to export more than 217 000 tonnes of sugar to the …
Aid is needed to feed more than two million people as the government runs out of maize reserves. Zimbabwe is facing a food crisis and it has emerged this week that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), the parastatal in charge of storing the country’s food reserves, holds maize stocks that are so low that it …
AICO To Complete Seed Co Sale November Paul Nyakazeya 12 Sep 2013 LISTED agro-industrial conglomerate, AICO Africa Limited is to complete the disposal of a 20 percent shareholding in Seed Co to a United Kingdom seed company, Limagrain, by the end of November.The exercise is part of the group’s unbundling exercise that seeks fresh capital …
Solutions To Food Shortages Proffered Staff Reporter 12 Sep 2013 THE agricultural portfolio should be pulled out of the belly of politics, if the sector is to perform viably, a farmers’ organisation has said.Over a decade of underproduction in the agricultural sector has seen the country battling with intermittent food shortages since 2000. Farmers’ organisations say there …
Potato Production Set To Increase 12 Sep 2013 NYANGA — The country’s dwindling potato production is expected to receive a major boost as measures are underway to increase output from small scale farmers from 16 tonnes to 25 tonnes per hectare in the next two years. This is a result of efforts by a local private …
Govt to Prioritize Agriculture Financing, Industry Revival Posted on September 12, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — No Comments ↓ via Mugabe: Govt to Prioritize Agriculture Financing, Industry Revival by Thomas Chiripasi VOA Zimbabwe 12.09.2013 HARARE — President Robert Mugabe says his new administration will prioritise the financing of newly resettled farmers and the resuscitation of closed industries to improve the country’s ailing economy. In his first …
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Climate-hit Zimbabwe farmers opt for traditional crop varieties Posted on September 13, 2013 by ZimSitRep_J — 1 Comment ↓ via Climate-hit Zimbabwe farmers opt for traditional crop varieties from Thomson Reuters Foundation by Busani Bafana 13 Sep 2013 BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – There is always something to eat in Esinah Moyo’s one hectare plot. In between rows of maize are indigenous beans which make …
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