Category: Agriculture (archives)

Drought-hit Zimbabwe farmers push government to lift GMO ban http://www.trust.org 12 Aug 2011 22:30 Source: alertnet // Madalitso Mwando By Madalitso Mwando GWANDA, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) – With poor crop yields now a perennial problem and this year looking worse than ever, subsistence farmers like Thumeliso Mabasa have become living proof of an old adage: desperate times call …

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130m kgs tobacco go under the hammer http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:53 Paul Nyakazeya A TOTAL 129,5 million kgs of flue-cured tobacco valued at US$ 355,5 million has gone under the hammer at the country’s three auction floors since the beginning of the selling season in February, figures released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) …

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Rural farmers should go commercial –– Olam http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:54 ZIMBABWE’S goal of improving rural livelihoods can only be done by accelerating the shift towards a more commercially-oriented small-scale agricultural sector that produces goods for identified markets, according to international agri-products and supply chain management company Olam.At a recent media briefing, Olam president and regional …

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Tobacco – ‘A magnificent recovery’ http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Until a decade ago, Zimbabwe produced leaf for cigarettes such as Camel, Marlboro and Winston. After the land grab, however, it lost all those rankings. Now the crop is on the rebound and officials say it on course to reach the projected 170 million kg this season.06.08.1106:15amby Staff Reporter Tobacco worth US$345,2 …

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Veld fire destroys US$77 000 maize http://www.herald.co.zw/ Friday, 05 August 2011 02:00Herald ReporterA VELD fire razed a 61-hectare commercial maize crop in Mvurwi destroying an estimated 420 tonnes of the cereal valued at US$77 000.The incident occurred on Tuesday morning at Arda Farm owned by Zanu-PF Councillor Cde Sydney Chidamba.Police in Mvurwi on Wednesday picked up Cde …

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Green Fuel project will not be reviewed — Arda http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 04 August 2011 18:27 Paidamoyo Muzulu THE ambitious US$600 million 20-year build, operate and transfer Green Fuel agreement between the Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda) and businessman Billy Rautenbach’s Ratings Investments will not be reviewed. The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture had called for the review of …

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UN to appeal for Zim aid http://www.zimonline.co.za by Own Corespondent     Tuesday 02 August 2011 HARARE – UN humanitarian coordinator for Zimbabwe Alain Noudéhou and the country’s ruling coalition will today launch a revised consolidated appeal (CAP) for aid for the African nation still struggling to shake off the effects of a decade of recession and political strife. It …

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Block failed farmers from mines: Gono http://www.newzimbabwe.com 01/08/2011 00:00:00 by Gilbert Nyambabvu CENTRAL bank chief, Gideon Gono has said failed farmers must not benefit from the takeover of foreign companies under the country’s indigenisation programme and warned the government against a rushed and wholesale transfer of equity to locals. In a statement on indigenisation accompanying his monetary policy …

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National herd unlikely to meet 5,8m target http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 29 July 2011 12:54 Happiness Zengeni BASED on the growth of the calving rate, Zimbabwe’s national herd of cattle will maintain a steady trend but might not meet the 5,8 million target set in the mid-term fiscal policy. Finance minister Tendai Biti said during the 2010/2011 season, the …

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Slow recovery for Zimbabwe’s tobacco harvest http://www.iol.co.za July 24 2011 at 11:14am Sales of tobacco have fetched $345.2 million (R2.4 billion) in Zimbabwe so far this year, with a seasonal average of $2.78 a kilogram. The country’s tobacco statistics are extraordinary with tens of thousands of new growers, most working land seized from white farmers in the past …

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