Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
‘Farmers need equipping’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 10 November 2011 16:45 Paidamoyo Muzulu THE country’s agricultural system has increased the number of people owning land, but it needs to be supported by equipping the owners with technical skills and enabling easy access to inputs and dependable financial support as well as access to technical extension service, newly appointed Agriculture deputy minister …
Zimbabwe Beef Prices Soar as Imports End and National Herd Dwindles http://www.voanews.com/ 09 November 2011 Residents of Harare, Bulawayo, Gwanda, Victoria Falls and other cities and towns said beef prices range from US$7 a kilogram for cheaper cuts to US$12 a kilo for fillet in most shops Gibbs Dube & Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington The price of …
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Zim faces hunger again http://www.iol.co.za/ November 10 2011 at 09:01amBy Peta Thornycroft Zimbabwe’s first rains have fallen, yet hundreds of thousands of the poorest farmers have not yet received either seeds or fertiliser from the government to plant crops. And the weather department and the Commercial Farmers’ Union predict that good rains will only fall until January. Then …
Government to Distribute Planting Vouchers to Vulnerable Farmers http://www.voanews.com/ 08 November 2011 Each Zimbabwean farmer considered to be vulnerable will receive 10 kilograms of maize seed, one 50-kilogram bag of compound D and one 50 kilogram bag of ammonium nitrate fertilizer Jonga Kandemiiri | Washington The Zimbabwean government says it is printing more than one million vouchers to …
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Green Fuel launches ethanol-blended petrol http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 09/11/2011 00:00:00 by Gilbert Nyambabvu GREEN Fuel — a US$600 million bio-energy development in the eastern Chisumbanje district — has launched ethanol-blended with petrol on the local market in a development expected to cut fuel costs for motorists and help reduce the country’s fuel import bill. The fuel was available at selected …
Tongaat Hulett support for Zimbabwe sugar cane project 4 November 2011 | 14:50pm StockMarketWire.com – Zimbabwe vice-president Joice Mujuru has visited a sugar cane farming community project which is being supported by Tongaat Hulett. The project aims to help private farmers increase their supply of sugar cane to 1.4 million tons (equivalent to 180,000 tons …
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A Million Face Hunger As Zimbabwe Fails to Provide Seeds to Farmers http://www.voanews.com/ 04 November 2011 The Famine Early Warning Systems Network earlier this week warned that one in 10 Zimbabweans will need food aid through year’s end, more in early 2012 as the so-called hunger season develops before harvest Violet Gonda | Washington Parts of Zimbabwe …
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No Seeds for Zimbabwean Farmers http://www.voanews.com/ November 04, 2011 Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg Zimbabwe’s summer rains have started but many peasant farmers have no seed to plant crops and many families, particularly in the south of the country, are desperately hungry because their crops failed last year. The Solidarity Peace Trust produced a detailed report this week about …
Zim faces prospect of failing to feed itself http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 03 November 2011 15:35 Paul Nyakazeya THE prospect of Zimbabwe once again failing to feed itself is looming as most farmers are now switching from growing staple food to the more lucrative cash crops such as tobacco. The migration to cash crops has been exacerbated by the Grain …
Tobacco grower profile shifts http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 03 November 2011 14:46 Reginald Sherekete TOBACCO output is likely to increase after more communal and small scale farmers dumped the traditionally preferred maize and cottons crops.Statistics released by the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) for the week ending 28 October 2011 show that 4 401 new communal farmers and 5 …