Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zim faces acute wheat shortage: CFU May 10, 2013 in Business, Economy ZIMBABWE may import nearly 430 000 tonnes of wheat as preparations for the winter cereal crop lag due to underfunding and frequent power outages, the Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) has said. Report by Victoria Mtomba The country has an annual wheat consumption of 450 …
Grain deliveries to GMB drop http://www.herald.co.zw/ Thursday, 09 May 2013 00:00 Herald Reporter Grain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board dropped for the 2012/13 marketing season owing to the parastatal’s failure to pay farmers on time. Since the liberalisation of the grain market in 2009, the GMB has been competing with other private buyers for maize and wheat. …
Massive milk deficit hits Zim http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Wednesday, 08 May 2013 17:30 Staff Reporter ZIMBABWE has experienced a four million litre monthly milk deficit in the past few years following the depletion of its national dairy herd, which has declined to 26 000, from 197 000 in the 1990s, Dairibord Holdings Limited (DHL) chief executive officer (CEO), Anthony Mandiwanza, …
Govt’s plan to restore ZINWA http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ The government has rolled out its five year plan to restore the Zimbabwe National Water Authority to its ‘original intended level’, a policy document shows.08.05.13 by Farai Mabeza In the National Water Policy, the Ministry of Water Resources Development and Management said that within five years ZINWA would focus on its core functions …
Zimbabwe short on climate change funds http://www.irinnews.org Photo: Victoria Cavanagh/WFP Erratic rains have left over a million people in need of food assistance in 2013 HARARE, 7 May 2013 (IRIN) – Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe’s efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a …
$32 Million USAID Program Boosts Zimbabwe Agriculture, Traders http://www.voazimbabwe.com/ Gibbs Dube29.04.2013 WASHINGTON DC — In 2010, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Zimbabwe Agricultural Income and Employment Development programme (ZIM-AIED) aimed at increasing the incomes of rural households in Zimbabwe through commercialization of small-scale farming. The program was also designed to generate new employment …
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African bank experts say Zimbabwe’s strategic food reserves are severely depleted http://www.washingtonpost.com/ By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, April 25, 3:00 AM HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s grain reserves are running dangerously low ahead of new but poor harvests caused by erratic rain, an independent continent-wide development bank said Wednesday. The African Development Bank said the strategic reserves have …
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Increased politicization of Grain Loan Scheme http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Hosia Beta The government grain loan scheme appear to be a whopping force to reckon as the nation prepares for elections later this year in Zaka district, 87 km south east of Masvingo town.The peasantry communities of Jerera area rely mainly on farming and support from breadwinners who live in …
Grain reserves ‘severely’ depleted: AfDB http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 21/04/2013 00:00:00 by Roman Moyo POOR harvest and lack of fertilizer in the last season left the country with severely depleted grain reserves African Development Bank (AfDB) said in its Zimbabwe monthly economic review for March. According to the report released this week, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) had 92,000 tonnes of …
War over tobacco out-grower schemes http://www.thestandard.co.zw April 21, 2013 in Business MULTINATIONALS and Chinese firms should leave tobacco out-grower schemes to indigenous players if government’s empowerment drive is to be meaningful, the Zimbabwe Economic Empowerment Council (Zeec) has said. REPORT BY OUR STAFF An out-grower scheme refers to an agreement between a buyer and farmers, which establishes the …