Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Rise of black tobacco barons in Zimbabwe http://mg.co.za/ 28 JUN 2013 00:00 RAY NDLOVU High prices are reviving the crop from its slump, but the demographics are altogether different. A strong stench of tobacco fills the air at the Boka Tobacco Auction floors on the outskirts of Harare, but it does not appear to bother the new …
Mugabe dishes out equipment http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ June 21, 2013 in News PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has sourced about 50 graders, excavators and cranes that will be handed over to chiefs and provincial governors today in Harare as he steps up his party’s campaign ahead of crucial elections. Report by Brian Chitemba Traditional leaders will in turn pressuretheir subjects into …
Zimbabwe ‘Cattle Bank’ Takes Deposits That Moo Jun 18, 12:40 PM EDT BY GILLIAN GOTORAASSOCIATED PRESS Zimbabwe’s first “Cattle Bank” has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in this southern African country once wracked by world-record inflation, it’s the …
Irrigation schemes: Panacea to hunger in Manicaland http://www.thestandard.co.zw June 16, 2013 in Community News MUTARE — Revival of collapsed irrigation schemes is the only panacea to addressing the food shortage crisis bedevilling several parts of Manicaland province, a government official said last week. BY OUR CORRESPONDENT Manicaland provincial administrator, Fungai Mbetsa said that the food situation in the …
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Villagers complain of rampant stock theft http://www.thestandard.co.zw June 16, 2013 in Community News VILLAGERS in Esigodini in Matabeleland South are complaining about increased cases of cattle thefts in the area. BY SILAS NKALA They told The Standard they made several reports to the local police station but nothing had changed. “We have a serious problem here, as …
Zimbabwean Farmers Adrift Amid Power Struggles http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Busani Bafana NKAYI, Zimbabwe, Jun 14 2013 (IPS) – For the past five years, farmer Melusi Mhlanga has spent nearly 200 dollars each season for inputs, but the maize yields have not matched his investment. “With good rains I have been able to get more than 20 bags from …
A hunger map of Zimbabwe http://www.politicsweb.co.za Politicsweb.co.za 10 June 2013 World Food Programme says malnutrition a serious problem, with a third of all children stunted According to a report in Farmer’s Weekly (May 29 2013) Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi praised Zanu-PF government’s policies of racial land redistribution in Zimbabwe at a …
Made, Dzinotyiwei Clash Clemence Manyukwe 6 Jun 2013 THE ministers of Agriculture and Science have clashed over the contentious use of Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs).Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made has ruled out the lifting of a ban on GMOs even though they could help ensure food sufficiency.There has been pressure on government to …
Unpacking Zim’s Winter Wheat Challenges Peter Gambara 6 Jun 2013 TABITHA Mutenga, a journalist with The Financial Gazette posed the following question to me recently: Is Zimbabwe no longer a wheat growing nation as we now rely more on imports than growing the crop? Quite frankly, Zimbabwe does not have a comparative advantage in the …
Recovery programme boon for small-holder farmers http://www.thestandard.co.zw June 9, 2013 in Community News NYANGA — Scores of small-holder farmers in Manicaland province are benefitting from an economic recovery programme being spearheaded by a non-governmental organisation which teaches them good farming methods, loans and linking them to lucrative markets. REPORT BY OUR CORRESPONDENT The two-year Economic Recovery and Development …
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