Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
China top tobacco buyers list http://www.herald.co.zw/ Monday, 03 December 2012 00:00 Agriculture ReporterChina has continued to top the tobacco buyers’ list since last year with 52, 8 million kilogrammes so far exported to the world’s largest market. Last year during the same period, according to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board, China had bought 51, 3 million …
Flood warning as heavy rains pound country http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 25/11/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter HEAVY rains pounded parts of Zimbabwe on Sunday – including the parched south – as the Met Services Department issued a nationwide alert for flash floods, heavy winds and hailstorms. The Met said the heavy rainfall, brought by a cloud system moving eastwards from Botswana, would …
New farmers swell tobacco ranks http://www.newzimbabwe.com 25/11/2012 00:00:00by Roman Moyo THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says it has registered more than 62,000 tobacco growers up from the 25,000 in the last season. TIMB Chief Executive Officer Andrew Matibiri said with grower numbers increasing, the focus was on now on improving the quality of the crop. …
Outrage as Green Fuels auctions stray cattle http://www.thestandard.co.zw November 25, 2012 in Community News CHISUMBANJE — A local ethanol producing company, Green Fuels has been accused of confiscating villagers’ cattle that would have strayed in the sugarcane plantations and selling them to the company’s staff at paltry prices through auction. Report By CLAYTON MASEKESA Villagers who spoke to …
Agriculture Ministry Not Backing Mugabe Farm Input Scheme http://www.voazimbabwe.com Gibbs Dube19.11.2012 Deputy Agriculture Minister Seiso Moyo says his ministry has nothing to do with President Robert Mugabe’s $20 million farming input scheme as Zimbabwe’s prime minister questions the source of funding for the program. Moyo said the president’s program is independent and is not being run by …
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Agribank launches US$15 maize support facility http://www.newzimbabwe.com 13/11/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporters THE government has launched a US$15 million Agricultural Credit Facility targeted at the through Agribank to help boost maize production in the new farming season. Agribank Chief Executive Sam Malaba said the facility would be targeted at the A2 commercial farmers in the high rainfall maize growing …
Grain reserves severely depleted: GMB http://www.newzimbabwe.com 11/11/2012 00:00:00by NewZiana ZIMBABWE’S strategic grain reserve is severely depleted with stocks currently at 184,000 metric tonnes against the ideal 500,000 metric tonnes, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has said. The strategic reserve is the country’s buffer in times of drought. GMB chairman Charles Chikaura said Sunday the reserves held 183,698 …
Anthrax outbreak hits Zim http://www.dailynews.co.zw Thursday, 08 November 2012 10:09HARARE – At least 100 cattle have died and hundreds of people hospitalised in Zimbabwe following an outbreak of the cattle disease, anthrax. Farmers say attempts to control the spread of the disease have been undermined by dwindling supplies of vaccines and the failure to prevent the movement of …
Why Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry is unhappy with WHO http://www.guardian.co.uk/ The World Health Organisation says its guidelines aim to alert governments to declining demand for tobacco. But producers say they put farmers’ livelihoods at risk A curing house for grading, sorting and weighing tobacco leaves in Zimbabwe. Photograph: Chad Ehlers/Alamy There is …
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For Zimbabwe, reviving agriculture is the only way out http://indepthafrica.com Posted On : November 3rd, 2012 Agricultural revival in Zimbabwe is the trigger for creating a virtuous cycle of wealth creation not only in Zimbabwe, but in the SADC region as a whole. Let me begin by beseeching my patient readers to forgive me for a rather longish …
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