Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Irrigation improves food security in Gutu http://www.thestandard.co.zw Sunday, 08 July 2012 11:22 BY STEPHEN TSOROTIGUTU— A three-year sustainable livelihoods intervention project launched by an international non-governmental organisation in Gutu has improved the food situation in parts of the drought-prone district, an official has said. Oxfam Advocacy and Policy officer, Lucina Machanzi said over 240 households in two wards …
Agricultural policy flip-flops damaging http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 05 July 2012 15:57 Peter Gambara THE current impasse between cotton growers and ginners has seen disagreeing parties point fingers at each other as the marketing season progresses without the crop being sold. Cotton growers in the 1980s were respectable farmers as they got good returns from cotton and were able to …
‘Drought-stricken villagers getting rotten maize from GMB’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 05 July 2012 18:02 Wongai Zhangazha THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is facing accusations by a civil society monitoring organisation of distributing rotten maize to villagers hard-hit by drought mainly in Chinhoyi, Mhangura and Banket.A recent report released for the period January to March 2012 by Civil Society Monitoring …
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Displaced farmers feeding Zimbabwe from Zambia http://www.swradioafrica.com By Lance Guma04 July 2012 The Grain Marketing Board has now been ordered to remove stickers on bags of maize imported from Zambia, because they show the names of dispossessed white Zimbabwean farmers who are now effectively feeding the country from Zambia. A report in the Zimbabwean newspaper says the recipients …
Grace Mugabe takes on Nestle http://www.newzimbabwe.com 04/07/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter Zimbabwe’s supermarkets this week began stocking dairy products from First Lady Grace Mugabe’s farm in Mazowe – a brazen challenge to Swiss food conglomerate, Nestle, which bowed to political pressure to stop buying milk from Gushungo Dairy Estate. The country’s biggest supermarket chain, OK, on Wednesday was selling …
Milk output up 7pc http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Bulawayo CorrespondentThursday, 05 July 2012 13:27 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s milk output has surged seven percent on the back of a growing number of farmers who are now venturing into the lucrative sector, an official said. Addressing the National Association of Dairy Farmers (Nadf), Mechanisation and Irrigation Development ministry’s chief dairy officer …
Grace Mugabe and her dairy farm http://www.swradioafrica.com by Gerry Jackson05 July 2012 Grace Mugabe has increased the type of dairy products her farm produces and is now selling sour milk at the OK bazaars. The Mugabe milk brands are called Alpha Omega and will soon include powdered milk and ice cream. Helping to guarantee the success of …
Lack of Capital Derailing Zimbabwe’s Attempts to Revive Wheat Farming http://www.voanews.com 29 June 2012 Gibbs Dube | Washington Zimbabwe’s parliamentary agriculture committee says lack of state funding and serious power outages are hampering efforts to boost wheat production amid revelations government is spending millions of dollars on cereal imports for domestic consumption. Reacting to reports that the government …
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Millers in ferment over wheat imports http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 28/06/2012 00:00:00by NewZiana THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has slammed the government for spending US$27 million dollars on wheat imports while failing to fund local production of the crop. In April this year, Agriculture Minister Joseph Made and his Finance counterpart Tendai Biti pledged to release US$20 million to …
Murehwa farmers resort to barter trade http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Farmers here have resorted to selling their maize at a pathetic price of $2 a bucket amid concerns that the Grain Marketing Board is giving them a raw deal.27.06.1210:56amby Sofia Mapuranga They told The Zimbabwean it was better to sell their maize at $2 rather than have their money tied up …