Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Why commercial farming in Nigeria is so hard http://www.economist.com/ Apr 13th 2013 | GITATA |From the print edition SEVEN years after 18 white Zimbabwean farmers settled on a chunk of land in Nasawara state at the invitation of the then governor, only one family is still there. All the others have given up in despair. Bruce Spain, …
Zimbabwe pleads for more agriculture funding from E.U http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ 11.04.13 by Tarisai Jangara Government has pleaded with the European Union to intervene and help fund the ailing agriculture sector. Speaking today (Wednesday ) at the official launch of European Union support to Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector, the Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Ngoni Masoka …
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Tobacco output expected to increase http://www.thestandard.co.zw April 7, 2013 in Business THE increase in the number of tobacco growers registering for this year’s selling season is likely to push the expected 170 million kg upwards, an official with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. Report by Kudzai Chimhangwa The latest statistics released by the …
Villagers lose cattle to maize dealers http://www.thestandard.co.zw April 7, 2013 in Community News WEDZA — Severe hunger is forcing desperate villagers in Wedza to exchange their livestock for maize to enable them to feed their families. REPORT BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA Most of the villagers from Zviyambe area have been experiencing acute hunger for the past few years, …
Tobacco farming transforms rural life http://www.thestandard.co.zw April 7, 2013 in Community News WHEN he got seven ungraded results at O’level three years ago, Ray Saureyi thought it was the end of his once promising life. REPORT BY MOSES CHIBAYA But now he has realised that, though important, education is not the only way out of poverty. Saureyi …
Youthful farmers proud of the golden leaf http://www.thestandard.co.zw April 7, 2013 in Community News Dereck Chimusoro of Makanda village under chief Goneso in Hwedza is another tobacco farmer who has not looked back since he started growing the crop four years back. Unlike his fellow black farmers who grabbed properties and infrastructure from white commercial farmers, Chimusoro started …
US$51 Million Needed For Recapitalisation Of Zimbabwe’s Strategic Grain Reserve http://www.bernama.com HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 1 (Bernama)– At least US$51 million is required to recapitalise the country’s strategic grain reserve, information from the Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Ministry indicates. The strategic grain reserve is stocks of grain held in reserve intentionally by government programmes for the purpose of …
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Dairibord results expose industry http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ March 28, 2013 in Business Dairibord has arguably been accorded the status of a success story. The company morphed from a parastatal dairy processor into one of the country’s few privatisation success stories. Today Dairibord is a listed corporation and as a relatively large, consistent performer, many consider it a blue chip company. Report …
Villagers set to benefit from banana project http://www.thestandard.co.zw March 24, 2013 in Community News CHIPINGE — More than 200 small-scale irrigation farmers in Mutema and Chibuwe villages are set to benefit from a banana plantation project financed by Matanuska, a farming concern controlled by Malaysian investors. BY OUR CORRESPONDENT The company last year gave villagers inputs such …
Dairibord milk supply programme bears fruit http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ March 22, 2013 in Business DAIRIBORD Holdings Ltd sees a 12% growth in turnover this year compared to last year supported by the group’s heifer programme, which is expected to augment milk supply, a company official said. Dairibord kick-started its milk supply development programme during the fourth quarter of last year …