Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Government Intervenes in Cotton Pricing War http://www.voanews.com 26 July 2012 Tatenda Gumbo | Washington After months of holding out, Zimbabwe’s cotton farmers may soon be back at the market if ginners comply with a government order raising the buying price from US$0.29 to 77 cents for the lowest grade per kilogram. Grade A cotton will fetch 84 …
1.6 million people will need food assistance in Zimbabwe next year – UN report http://www.un.org In Zimbabwe, WFP is working to combat food insecurity by providing general food distributions to the at-risk populations. Photo: WFP/R. Lee 27 July 2012 – An estimated 1.6 million people are likely to need food assistance …
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Govt increases flour import tariffs http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff WriterSunday, 22 July 2012 10:40 HARARE – The Zimbabwean government has approved an increase on wheat flour import duty from five percent to 20 effective August this year. Speaking during the presentation of the Mid Term Fiscal Statement budget, Finance minister Tendai Biti said the move …
Wheat Production Falls By Over 5000 Hectares http://www.radiovop.com Bulawayo, July 21, 2012- Wheat production has dropped by over 5000 hectares compared to last year as a result of government’s failure to avail the promised US$20million input support scheme to farmers. Only 9500 hectares of wheat was planted during the winter cropping season compared to 15 982 registered last …
Loan, subsidy, power woes hit Zimbabwe wheat hopes http://www.agrimoney.com/ 12:54 UK, 20th Jul 2012 Credit shortages, subsidy hiccups and high energy costs have dashed hopes of a rebound in wheat production in Zimbabwe, leaving a country once known as the breadbasket of southern Africa facing another year of record imports. Zimbabwe’s farmers will produce 20,000 tonnes of …
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Tobacco sales to surpass target, TIMB http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 17/07/2012 00:00:00by Roman Moyo THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said tobacco deliveries for the 2012 surpassed the revised target of 133 million kgs two weeks before the close of the marketing season. The initial output target of 180 million kgs was revised downwards early this year following a …
China funds $1,2bn Zambezi Water Project http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 12/07/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter BULAWAYO’S water problems will be over in three years, a minister declared on Thursday as he announced that the Chinese government had committed US$1,2 billion to a long-mooted plan to draw water from the Zambezi River through a 400km pipeline. Water Resources Minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo said …
Conflicts over urban agriculture in Harare, Zimbabwe – by Anna Brazier http://africanarguments.org July 10, 2012 Winter in Harare is almost over. Walking my kids to school in the morning across frosty vleis, strewn with festering rubbish, we see the first signs of the agricultural season awakening. Litter is being raked into piles, maize stalks cleared into heaps and …
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Drought-Stricken Zimbabwe Farmers Stranded As Grazing Lands Diminish http://www.voanews.com 10 July 2012 Gibbs Dube | Washington Subsistence farmers in drought-stricken areas of Matabeleland South and some parts of the Midlands Province are being forced to pay up to $40 a month to access grazing land in farms occupied by beneficiaries of Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform program. Some of …
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Historic Masvingo City Faces Critical Water Shortages http://www.voanews.com 09 July 2012 Tatenda Gumbo & Obert Pepukai | Washington/Masvingo Panic has gripped the city of Masvingo, south-eastern Zimbabwe, as water levels in Lake Mutirikwi, the country’s largest inland water body, have fallen drastically amid reports the dam wall has developed cracks posing serious danger to families living downstream. Presently …
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