Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers slam WHO over proposed tobacco ban Friday, 22 February 2013 00:00 Agriculture Reporter THE World Health Organisation’s reasons for proposing a ban on tobacco on health grounds and for causing environmental damage in its production are designed to harm developing countries, the Tobacco Industry Development Support Institute has said. TIDSI executive director …
Government must zone out land for urban agric http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ February 24, 2013 in Environment It was the best maize crop I had seen in a while in Zimbabwe and Pioneer Seed Company could not help notice a great marketing opportunity, flaunting the crop with its company logos. Report by Chipo Masara There is just one catch however; …
Low cotton prices worry farmers http://www.thestandard.co.zw February 24, 2013 in Community News COTTON farmers in Chipinge district have bemoaned the low prices that the crop is currently fetching on the local market. BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA The farmers urged government to intervene and set prices that would keep them in business in the next farming season. Some farmers …
GMB negotiates for US$61m credit facility http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ February 22, 2013 in Business THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is finalising negotiations with a foreign investor for a US$61 million credit facility to recapitalise the entity’s commercial business unit as the cash-strapped parastatal steps up its restructuring exercise. Report by Gamma Mudarikiri GMB chairman Charles Chikaura told businessdigest this week …
2013 crop hectarage down – Made Total hectarage planted for major food crops has declined to 1.4 million hectares this year from 1.9 million hectares planted in 2012, a Cabinet minister has said. Addressing the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 26 at the Zimbabwe Staff College, Agriculture, mechanisation and Irrigation development Minister …
100 Farmers Stranded at Mashonaland West GMB Depot http://www.voazimbabwe.com/ Gibbs Dube18.02.2013 WASHINGTON DC — More than 100 communal farmers in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province are stranded at Magunje Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot after the parastatal failed to pay them for maize delivered last agricultural season. According to three lawmakers, the farmers have nowhere to go as they …
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Thousands of cattle die after a dry spell in Zimbabwe http://www.irinnews.org Photo:Flickr Cattle farmers have been advised to plant grass to feed their animals, at the expense of maize, which struggles to reach maturity in the drought prone province HARARE, 15 February 2013 (IRIN) – More than 9,000 cattle have died in the …
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Water, Water Everywhere – and No Early Warning in Sight http://www.ipsnews.net By Ignatius Banda GWANDA, Zimbabwe , Feb 14 2013 (IPS) – Muzeka Muyeyekwa from Mapfekera Village in Zimbabwbe’s Manicaland Province wonders what he will feed his three children for lunch. The family’s basic food supplies have run out and they cannot replenish them as the bridge that …
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Met Office issues flood warning http://www.herald.co.zw/ Thursday, 14 February 2013 00:00 Agriculture Reporter The Meteorological Services Department has warned people in the Mashonaland, Manicaland and Matabeleland North provinces to brace for heavy rains and violent thunderstorms expected from yesterday up to Saturday.The warning comes in the wake of recent heavy rains in these areas.Met Department head; public …
Headman causes storm over cattle tax fines http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Wednesday, 13 February 2013 13:20HARARE – A storm is brewing in Mashonaland East’s Chikomba District where farmers and villagers accuse a local headman of milking them through unjustifiable cattle fines. Villagers say headman Oscar Munengwa Ranga under chief Neshangwe is forcing them to pay $5 per family for evading cattle …