Category: Agriculture (archives)

Zimbabwe financial advisory firm funds potato farming http://www.farminguk.com 13-08-2012 10:16 AM A Zimbabwe financial advisory firm has mobilised funding for a potato contract farming scheme for the 2012-2013 season to reduce the country’s dependence on regional imports. Patridge Sibanda, the KM Financial Solutions business development executive, said US$350 000 has been mobilised for the scheme targeting youths aged between …

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Communal farmers shun small grains http://www.thestandard.co.zw August 12, 2012 in Local By Moses ChibayaCOMMUNAL farmers living in dry Regions IV and V continue to shun growing small grains suitable for their areas, prompting calls for researchers to develop maize varieties that suit those areas.Speaking at a climate change workshop for the civil society and media in Harare recently, …

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Food imports embarrassing: Nkomo http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 05/08/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter VICE President John Nkomo has said Zimbabwe must produce enough grain to meet its needs within two years to bring an end to the “perennial embarrassment” of surviving on food imports . Nkomo told a field day in Murehwa that Zanu PF had established a production and labour department …

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Zimbabwe cattle die due to lack of pastures   http://www.farminguk.com   03-08-2012 21:30 PM   Zimbabwe livestock farmers have warned of beef shortages owing to an increase in the number of cattle dying due to lack of pastures. The lack of pastures has been blamed on the raging drought due to poor rains recorded in …

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Tobacco sales soar http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Zimbabwe has recorded its best tobacco sales figures since the accelerated land reform programme began a decade ago.03.08.1201:15pmby The Zimbabwean Harare New figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board show Zimbabwe sold 140.8 million kilograms of tobacco at an average price of $3.67, resulting in sales totalling $517m. The figure is well above …

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Chiredzi: Wasted land of immense potential http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Wednesday, 01 August 2012 21:03 Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter CHIREDZI, in Masvingo Province’s south eastern Lowveld, is a place described in the country’s geography textbooks as a land of vast money-spinning sugarcane estates. But it is also a place contemporary journalism fondly likes to identify with hunger, drought and searing heat.All …

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Don’t blame it on the weather: CFU http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union has blamed the country’s ill-advised policies for the acute food shortages that have reduced Zimbabwe to a basket case, with about 1,6 million rural people being reported to be in need of food aid this season.01.08.1212:45pm by Edgar Gweshe The President of the CFU, Charles …

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Good times roll for tobacco farmers http://www.thestandard.co.zw Sunday, 29 July 2012 11:34 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE AND TAWANDA MARWIZITHE tobacco selling season ended last week with agricultural experts and farmers describing it as a success as the rebound in production of the golden leaf continues.Tobacco production had dipped following the chaotic land reform programme to 48 million kg in …

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Anti-stock theft campaign boosts national herd http://www.thestandard.co.zw Sunday, 29 July 2012 11:24 BY NQOBANI NDLOVUBULAWAYO — The country’s anti-stock theft campaign launched seven years ago, has resulted in a 17% drop in cattle rustling, police confirmed. Anti-stock theft national coordinator, police assistant commissioner, Bernard Dumbura, last week told stakeholders during a re-launch of the Matabeleland North anti-stock theft campaign, …

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‘Cotton growers being ripped-off’ http://www.bnltimes.com Friday, 27 July 2012 07:31Thom Khanje A Zimbabwean cotton merchant has described the prices at which Malawian cotton farmers are being paid for their produce as a “rip-off” on the part of local ginners. The Cotton Ginners Association of Malawi and the Ministry of Agriculture have, however, defended the local cotton prices, saying …

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