Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Green Fuel to Resume Ethanol Production http://www.voazimbabwe.com Loirdham Moyo, Gibbs Dube23.01.2013 The multimillion dollar Chisumbanje ethanol plant is expected to resume its operations soon, after 18 months with no production and wrangling with the local community over a host of issues. The plant owners, Green Fuel (Pvt) Limited, pledged it would address villagers’ concerns, clearing the way for …
Agric sector still in crisis: CFU http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:51Tabitha Mutenga, Farming ReporterTHE continued uncertainty over the country’s land reform programme has left the agricultural sector in turmoil, 13 years since government embarked on agrarian reforms under which white-owned farms were forcibly expropriated for the resettlement of blacks, the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) has said.In 2000 …
CPU rescues 34 marooned villagers in Beitbridge http://www.herald.co.zw Wednesday, 23 January 2013 00:00 Herald Reporters The Beitbridge Civil Protection Unit yesterday rescued 34 villagers marooned for the past three days on a delta along the Limpopo River in Tshikwalakwala. The rescue mission which lasted 30 minutes was conducted with the assistance of a helicopter from the Air Force …
Widespread flooding hits Southern Africa http://www.irinnews.org Photo:UNHCR/N. Shrestha Flooding at Botswana’s Dukwi Refugee Camp JOHANNESBURG, 22 January 2013 (IRIN) – Several Southern African countries are dealing with the effects of flooding following heavy rains over much of the region in the past week. In South Africa’s northern Limpopo Province, floodwaters claimed 10 …
Zim villagers airlifted out of flood zones http://www.swradioafrica.com/2013/01/22/zim-villagers-airlifted-out-of-flood-zones/ – click to see video By Alex Bell22 January 2013 Ongoing heavy rainfall continues to cause chaos across the country, leading to the closure of the Beitbridge border over the weekend and the rescue by helicopter of stranded villagers. A helicopter from the Air Force was dispatched on Monday to …
86 drown, 38 killed by lightning in 3 months http://www.newzimbabwe.com 21/01/2013 00:00:00 by Staff Reporter Danger … Flooded rivers taking lives POLICE say at least 86 people have drowned and 38 others killed by lightning since the onset of the rainy season in September last year. Figures …
Conservation: Answer to farming woes http://www.thestandard.co.zw January 20, 2013 in Environment, Opinion It would seem efforts by the government and other stakeholders to make available inputs in a desperate bid to boost the agricultural sector in the country have all but gone to waste. Column by Chipo Masara With the exception of the tobacco industry which has …
Floods, lightning claim 124 lives http://nehandaradio.com/ on January 19, 2013 at 6:40 amEighty-six people have drowned while 38 others were struck by lightning across the country since the beginning of the rainy season. The heavy rains have also destroyed 180 houses in Tsholotsho, leaving most of the families homeless. Floods, lightning claim …
Floods Displace Hundreds in Masvingo Region http://www.voazimbabwe.com Tatenda Gumbo17.01.2013 WASHINGTON — Some 150 families have been evacuated from their homes after heavy rains in Chiredzi on Wednesday night caused massive flooding. The families, many of them Triangle Limited employees, are now in tents set up by the sugar manufacturing firm and the local civil aviation authority. The families …
More farmers take up tobacco farming http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ January 18, 2013 in Business MORE Zimbabwean farmers have taken up tobacco growing in the current season, as the golden leaf promises to fetch high prices on the international markets. Report by Taurai Mangudhla Leading US-based farming publication, the Tobacco Farmer Newsletter (TFN), recently noted a likely improvement in tobacco prices …