Category: Agriculture (archives)

Parliament Told Country Failing to Utilize Harvested Water http://www.voanews.com 19 March 2012 For years now many people in Zimbabwe have remained without a constant supply of clean tap water, creating serious health risks for residents as they resort to unclean sources of water for survival Studio 7 Reporters | Washington/Harare The Zimbabwe National Water Authority says it …

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Farmers warn that Zim agriculture is in ‘major crisis’ http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell20 March 2012 The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) has warned that Zimbabwe is facing a “major crisis,” after a third of the country’s maize crops were declared a write off. The state media has quoted Agriculture Minister Joseph Made as stating that the country faces a …

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Zimbabwe writes off a third of maize crop, deficit looms http://af.reuters.com/ Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:02am GMT HARARE, March 19 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe faces a huge grain deficit this year after a third of the current maize crop was written off due to a prolonged dry spell, state media reported on Monday. The southern African country, once …

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Govt mulls new plan to rescue ethanol project http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 03 March 2012 19:03 BY NDAMU SANDUGOVERNMENT edged closer to introducing mandatory fuel blending last week after a crucial meeting endorsed the plan in a move that could rescue the US$600 million ethanol project in Chisumbanje. There has been a slow uptake of ethanol from Chisumbanje as …

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Zanu PF chefs plan to grab ethanol project http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 11 March 2012 10:49 BY PATRICE MAKOVA THE US$600 million Chisumbanje ethanol project is threatened with collapse as Zanu PF chefs, including Cabinet ministers, demand free shares in the lucrative venture under the guise of indigenisation. Sources close to the project told The Standard last week that …

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Sable shutdown threatens winter cropping http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ Friday, 09 March 2012 11:07 Tabitha Mutenga, Staff Reporter THE country’s 2012 wheat crop has lurched into another disaster after the Zim-babwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) switched off the country’s biggest manufacturer of ammonium nitrate over an electricity bill amounting to aboutUS$37 million. The move derailed eff-orts by farmers to acquire fertilisers …

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Minister Wants Grain Executives Fired For Spoiling 50,000 Tonnes of Maize http://www.voanews.com/ 09 March 2012 Reacting to reports confirmed by GMB management that the maize which was stored in silos and various depots has since been declared unfit for human consumption, Minister Seiso Moyo said the government is expected to institute thorough investigations on the issue Gibbs Dube …

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500 000 Hectares Of Planted Maize Crop A Write Off – Made http://www.radiovop.com Bulawayo, March 08, 2012- Zimbabwe faces serious hunger as 500 000 hectares of the planted maize crop during the 2011-2012 farming season is a write off, Agriculture and Mechanization Minister, Joseph Made has revealed. “According to the final crop assessment by the government, this …

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Govt backtracks on Green Fuel deal http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Taurai Mangudhla, Business WriterWednesday, 07 March 2012 14:53 HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government is reversing its build, operate and transfer (BOT) deal with Green Fuel on the Chisumbanje ethanol project under the guise of a joint venture plan. State Enterprises and Restructuring Agency (Sera) executive director Edgar Nyoni yesterday …

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‘Zimbabwe Ministers Looted Free Farming Inputs Meant for Poor Farmers’ http://www.voanews.com 05 March 2012 Vice President Joice Mujuru was quoted in the state controlled Herald newspaper as saying the cabinet ministers and some ZANU-PF and GMB officials are believed to have resold the inputs including ammonium nitrate and maize seed to unsuspecting farmers Gibbs Dube | Washington Vice …

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