Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Investors pour US$400 million into CSC 10/3/2019 Source: Investors pour US$400 million into CSC | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Dumisani NsingoBulawayo Bureau The Cold Storage Company (CSC) has secured a US$400 million lifeline in yet another milestone in the Second Republic’s bid to revive companies that had become dormant in the last two decades. The …
Food security remains key for any economy 10/3/2019 Source: Food security remains key for any economy | Daily News The reality of a drought this farming season is beginning to dawn on most people as crops they grew with positive expectations fail under their watch. After the heavy downpours some time ago during which places like …
Reviving indigenous seeds in Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Situation 10/3/2019 After modern strains fail to thrive amid drought, a growing number of African farmers are looking to the resilient seeds of the continent’s past People, not production lines. Farms, not factories. Agriculture, not agri-business. From ice covered northern Sweden to the depths of the Amazon …
Understanding crop water requirements 8/3/2019 The Herald On April 1, 2019, the water year will begin. At the opening of the water year, raw water users, inclusive of irrigating farmers are required to sign water abstraction agreements which allow them to draw water from the dams. So as we approach the water year, farmers …
Yes, we can deliver our own bread! 8/3/2019 The Herald Elliot Ziwira Senior Writer There is so much lack of information on wheat production and its quality in Zimbabwe. It is said that the flour made out of our wheat is of such poor quality that it cannot make bread. When one probes further …
Showgrounds sale pens remain closed 8/3/2019 Deputy Minister Douglas Karoro The Chronicle Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMNENT has said it has no intention of re-opening the Bulawayo show grounds cattle sale pens and advised farmers to establish dedicated sale pens with proper sanitary measures to curb disease outbreaks. Cattle sales at the Zimbabwe International Trade …
Tobacco production costs rising, farmers Financial Gazette 6/3/2019 Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor THE 2018/19 tobacco production season has been characterised by escalating production costs, erratic rains and an increased wage bill, which is currently threatening grower viability, a farmer representative body has said. In an effort to …
Tongaat weans off Zim unit Financial Gazette 6/3/2019 Omega Ukama Business Reporter SOUTH Africa’s Tongaat Hulett (Tongaat) says it is now in a position to wean off its Zimbabwean operations, which are now self-sustaining. Tongaat has over the years injected millions of dollars into its Zimbabwean operations, which comprise the wholly owned Triangle Sugar …
Tick-borne diseases decimate cattle herd 7/3/2019 The Herald Cletus Mushanawani Mash Central Bureau FARMERS in five districts of Mashonaland Central are continuously losing cattle due to tick-borne diseases. Provincial veterinary officer Dr Wiltmore Chikurunhe confirmed the deaths and said the most affected districts were Mt Darwin, Bindura, Mazowe, Shamva and Muzarabani (Centenary area). “Many …
Parly refuses to criminalise Command Agriculture abuse 7/3/2019 The Chronicle Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC) has once again rejected a Statutory Instrument promulgated by Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Perrance Shiri seeking to criminalise breaching of the Command Agriculture programme by farmers. The committee through its adverse report …
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