Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe cane ethanol project ready to distribute http://biofuelsdigest.com Meghan Sapp | September 21, 2011 In Zimbabwe, the Chisumbanje ethanol plant is waiting for final regulatory approval to begin distributing the million liters of ethanol it has produced during its first three weeks of production. The $600 million project is expected to produce 70% of the country’s fuel needs. …
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ARDA workers still unpaid http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Agricultural Rural Development Authority workers at Roy Bennett’s former Charles Wood farm here have not been paid their wages for over five months.14.09.1108:08amby Zwanai Sithole Harare Workers told The Zimbabwean that they last received salaries in March this year. As a means of survival, the workers have now resorted to stealing Bennett’s property …
‘New’ farmers fail to produce quality produce http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Resettled farmers who were allocated land on former commercially owned floriculture farms in Matabeleland North have abandoned growing flowers after failing to supply quality products to the international market.14.09.1108:28amby Zwanai Sithole Harare Most former floriculture farms in the Umguza prime farming area have now been turned into vegetable producing plots. …
Farm invasions bring insecurity to agric sector Cathy Buckle Daily News 14 September 2011 AREN’T we all so sick and tired of farm invasions? How much longer is this insanity going to go on? There are so many things that are urgently in need of attention in order to return Zimbabwe to its previously stable …
Farmers fail to pay labourers http://www.financialgazette.co.zw Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:21 Tabitha Mutenga, Farming Reporter FARMERS are failing to pay their workers the minimum general agricultural wage of US$44 per month, citing high production costs which they say have already affected the viability of their operations. Farmers at the ongoing Harare Agricultural Show told The Financial Gazette that …
Mugabe hails farm recovery http://www.zimonline.co.za by Own Correspondent Monday 29 August 2011 HARARE – President Robert Mugabe at the weekend said Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector was on the rebound after a decade of decline blamed on the veteran leader’s chaotic and often violent seizure of white-owned farmland for redistribution to blacks. Addressing the Harare agricultural show that ended Saturday …
No farming implements http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Most small-scale farmers resettled here under President Robert Mugabe’s chaotic land reform programme no longer have farming implements, a survey has revealed.19.08.1107:34amby Tony Saxon The small scale farmers, many of them war veterans who were resettled on the former white owned farmers, sold all the implements they were given by the government. The veterans, who …
High losses blamed for missed tobacco targets http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 18 August 2011 18:26 Paul Nyakazeya THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says the industry failed to meet this year’s projected target of 177 million kgs of tobacco owing to crop losses of up to 31%at the farms and 21% during the re-handling process.The tobacco selling season officially …
Zim lifts ban on livestock imports http://www.iol.co.za/ August 15 2011 at 12:04pm . The department of livestock and veterinary services in Zimbabwe has lifted the ban on the importation of cloven hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and pigs from South Africa, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported on Monday. The ban was effected in March this year, following …
Zim fails to meet tobacco target http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:22 BY OUR STAFF ZIMBABWE has missed the 170 million kg tobacco production target set for the industry this year as the selling season for the “golden leaf” comes to an end on Thursday.A clean-up sale will be held on September 20 and, depending on the …