Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Glitch leaves Zimbabwe facing record wheat imports http://www.agrimoney.com 14:38 UK, 20th July 2011 Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of Southern Africa, faces its biggest wheat imports on record after bureaucratic hiccups fuelled a drop in sowings to their lowest levels since the 1960s. The country’s wheat production, which reached 325,000 tonnes a decade ago, is set to come in …
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Tobacco prices up in smoke http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk When President Robert Mugabe embarked on the infamous and chaotic land reform programme in 2000, Zanu (PF) officials and supporters immediately benefited and many recipients of land hoped to cash in on commercial farming.20.07.1109:03amby Tony Saxon Elisha Mavhezha, a small-scale tobacco farmer based in Headlands, expected handsome rewards from the just ended tobacco …
Zimbabwe’s aquaculture sector under threat http://www.businesslive.co.za/ 19 July, 2011 07:58Wallace Mawire Zimbabwe’s potentially lucrative freshwater aquaculture sector, which could add a lot to the country’s GDP, is facing a threat from problems of poaching, illegal fishing and corruption, according to Garikaimose Tongowona, programme officer for Aquaculture Zimbabwe. Tongowona says that fisheries activities have risen sharply over the years and …
Army, Chinese form private military companies http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 15 July 2011 08:10 Faith Zaba THE army is now running private joint-venture companies in the agricultural and mining sectors with Chinese businesses which will be run on a commercial basis.In a recent interview with the Zimbabwe Independent, Commander of 3 Infantry Brigade in Manicaland, Brigadier-General Douglas Nyikayaramba, who chairs the …
Black frost destroys citrus, horticulture http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ A lot of farmers in Bulawayo’s peri urban farming area last week lost most of their horticulture crops and citrus produce to severe frost following a cold spell experienced in most parts of the country.12.07.1105:26pmZwanai Sithole Harare Farmers who spoke to The Zimbabwean said their crops had been destroyed by frost bite, …
4 tons per ha – from land dry enough to smelt iron http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk The soil on which Pastor Leephat Chinyange farms is beautiful soil – red clay, hard – in fact hard enough to smelt iron and to make the beautiful clay pots one sees for sale along the sides of the Masvingo-Beitbridge road. …
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Tobacco deliveries decline http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 10 July 2011 12:58 BY KUDZAI CHIMHANGWA TOBACCO deliveries at the country’s three auction floors have substantially declined as most small-scale farmers have sold their crop amid fears that the 170 million target set at the beginning of the selling season may not be achieved. The slow deliveries have also raised concern that …
Zimbabwe buys FMD infected cattle http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 10 July 2011 11:57 BY NQOBILE BHEBHE BULAWAYO — The Botswana government has admitted that it is selling cattle suspected to have the contagious Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) to Zimbabwe.The neighbouring country is culling 45 000 herd of cattle but says those found to be in “a good state will be …
118,5m kgs flue cured tobacco goes under the hammer http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 30 June 2011 19:37 A TOTAL of 118,5 million kgs of flue cured tobacco valued at US$323,4 million have so far been sold since the auction floors opened in February this year.The sales are up 27,14%, from the 93,1 million kgs valued at US$276,5 million sold during …
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‘Security forces cause confusion at auction floor’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 23 June 2011 19:41 Bernard Mpofu A PARLIAMENTARY portfolio committee on agriculture, lands, water and resettlement has blamed Zimbabwe’s security forces for exacerbating confusion and congestion at the country’s largest tobacco auction floor. This comes amid a push by legislators for more auction floors, a decision facing resistance from …
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