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Zimbabwe eyes big tobacco crop as black farmers cash in (AFP) – 4 hours agoHARARE — Zimbabwe expects tobacco revenue to increase by 16 percent this year as new landowning black farmers turn to the valuable export crop, an industry official said on Wednesday.“We are expecting the total deliveries to reach 170 million kilograms or more and earnings …
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Zimbabwe Farmers to Stop Selling Maize to GMB http://www.voazimbabwe.com/ Gibbs Dube11.02.2013 WASHINGTON DC — Some communal farmers, who have not yet been paid by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) for maize delivered last agricultural season, say they will not sell any grain to the GMB this year unless the state-owned entity settles all outstanding payments. Disgruntled farmers in …
Zimbabwe’s tobacco sales rise http://www.iol.co.za February 11 2013 at 06:05pm Johannesburg – Tobacco merchants in Zimbabwe expect sales to increase by 21 percent this year as cotton farmers switch crops to capitalise on higher prices for the leaves, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board said. Sales at the auctions, which begin on February 13, are expected to …
This is a report sent to the South African daily newspaper “Beeld” on 31st July 1986 MUGABE PRAISES WHITE FARMERS FOR HELPING TO FEED ZIMBABWE By Trevor Grundy Harare, Zimbabwe —White farmers in Zimbabwe today received a pat on the back for their loyalty since Independence six years ago. Opening the annual congress of the …
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Demand for Zim tobacco balloons http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ February 1, 2013 in Business Zimbabwe must increase its tobacco production to meet increasing demand in the United States and other international markets, Zimbabwe Tobacco Association president Adrian Swales said. Fidelity Mhlanga At a Blackfordby College of Agriculture open day recently, Swales said there was increasing demand for locally-produced tobacco internationally, adding this …
January rains wreak havoc on crop yields http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ February 1, 2013 in Business Tobacco yields for the 2012-13 marketing season are expected to slump by 40% owing to serious damage to the crop by heavy rains in January, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) said this week. Report by Gamma Mudarikiri ZCFU president Wonder Chabikwa told businessdigest …
Flash flooding strikes Zimbabwe’s dry areas http://www.irinnews.org HARARE, 29 January 2013 (IRIN) – Flash flooding across Zimbabwe’s Masvingo and Matabeleland provinces, normally dry areas, has caused substantial damage to infrastructure. While more than 4,000 people across the country are in need of humanitarian assistance following heavy rains. “Our area is normally dry, and we were caught unawares by …
‘Conservation farming is the answer’ http://www.thestandard.co.zw January 27, 2013 in Opinion If most of those that have stuck to conventional farming methods are to be honest, they will tell you that, for some time now, things have not been going so well. Column by Chipo Masara Some farmers I talked to recently were on the brink of …
Tobacco farmers warned http://www.thestandard.co.zw January 27, 2013 in Business TOBACCO Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says tobacco growers should comply with the legislated planting dates to prevent the spread of diseases. REPORT BY MOSES CHIBAYA The caution comes amid indication that some growers, especially new farmers, were failing to destroy their stocks after harvesting. TIMB chief executive …
Rescuing Zimbabwe’s livestock industry http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ January 25, 2013 in Opinion Among the many sectors of Zimbabwe’s economy that have declined progressively over the years is agriculture which, until the millennium 12 years ago, was thriving and was the key foundation of the economy. Opinion by Eric Bloch Agricultural production was not only of very great substance, but …