Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
UN food agency team jets in http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Written by Gift Phiri, Chief WriterWednesday, 27 June 2012 10:30 HARARE – A UN food agency team is in Zimbabwe to assess crop supplies in the southern African country after nearly half of its crops was written off due to a mid season mini-drought. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation …
Finance Minister, Disgruntled Cotton Farmers Meet Over Prices http://www.voanews.com 25 June 2012 Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister at the weekend visited the country’s cotton nerve centre, Gokwe, and held meetings with disgruntled farmers who for weeks now have been holding onto this year’s produce complaining about low buying prices. Tendai Biti met with the farmers at …
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Biodiesel Project on Verge of Collapse http://www.voanews.com 25 June 2012 Gibbs Dube | Washington Zimbabwe’s search for sustainable energy has hit a brick wall as a state-funded project launched in 2005 to address critical fuel shortages through the extraction of biodiesel from jatropha seeds, is now on the verge of collapse. Government representatives, lawmakers and energy experts told …
Manicaland coffee production plunges http://www.thestandard.co.zw Sunday, 24 June 2012 11:38 BY CLAYTON MASEKESAMUTARE — The chaotic land reform programme has resulted in a plunge in coffee production in Zimbabwe, an official from the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has said. Speaking at the Mutare Press Club recently, a senior official with CZI, Henry Nemaire, attributed the plunge to the …
2012 winter wheat doomed http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 22 June 2012 10:16 Nelson Chenga, Staff Reporter NORTON — The land, tinted by browning vegetation stretches far and wide. Huge swathes of maize fields are yet to be reaped, two months past harvest time. Further afield, even more vast expanses of land lie fallow. An odd green patch here and there …
Post-mortem of winter wheat season http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 22 June 2012 09:04 Peter Gambara THE winter wheat planting period in now over and indications are that only 4 000 hectares of the crop were actually planted countrywide this year. This is against a target of 50 000 hectares that had been set by government. Wheat takes 140 days to …
Tobacco rakes in US$445 million http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 22 June 2012 09:50 Gamma Mudarikiri TOBACCO earnings for the current marketing season have so far earned the country US$455 million, 45% ahead of sales for the same period last year which were US$313 million. A total of 122 million kilogrammes have been sold at an average price of US$3,72 per …
Illegal settlers threaten timber industry http://www.herald.co.zw/ Wednesday, 20 June 2012 12:00 Freeman Razemba recently in MutareThe timber industry has petitioned Government to impose stiffer and deterrent penalties on people involved in arson and deforestation countrywide. The Timber Producers’ Federation last week held a meeting in Mutare where they agreed to petition Environment and Natural Resources Management Minister Francis Nhema …
Mugabe warns ‘dubious’ farmers http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Thelma Chikwanha, Deputy News EditorSunday, 17 June 2012 13:40 HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has castigated beneficiaries of the land reform programme who are not utilising the land allocated to them warning they risk having their land re-distributed. Speaking during the Women’s Assembly meeting held at the Zimbabwe Institute of Public …
Cotton sector calls for govt intervention http://www.thestandard.co.zw Sunday, 17 June 2012 11:11 BY LESLEY WURAYAYISTAKEHOLDERS in Zimbabwe’s cotton sector want government to consider investing substantially in cotton production amid low prices prevailing on the market, a move which threatens the viability of the sector. This came up at a meeting convened in Harare last week to look into …