Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Cottco castigates cotton merchants 17/1/2019 The Chronicle Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has castigated some cotton merchants for abandoning their farmers after failing to provide them with replanting seed, fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Addressing farmers during the handover of a tractor, trailer and plough to the country’s best cotton …
‘Buy your own dipping chemicals’ 17/1/2019 The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Acting Business Editor THE Livestock Farmers’ Union (LFU) has urged farmers to buy their own dipping chemicals to control tick-borne diseases that are prevalent during the rainy season instead of just waiting for Government to provide the chemicals. In a recent interview, LFU chairman …
Zim farmers push for cloud seeding. Financial Gazette 11 January 2019 ZIMBABWE’S farmers are urging authorities to undertake cloud seeding to ease an early-season drought that’s hurting crops and destroying cattle pastures. The four-week dry spell has caused some farmers to delay planting summer crops, which include the country’s staple corn, while those that sowed …
Medium scale farmers on the rise in Africa Financial Gazette 11 January 2019 Thomas Jayne and Milu Muyanga DRIVEN by population growth and growing land scarcity, most African farm households are witnessing the gradual sub-division of their land. Over time farms are getting smaller and smaller. Today, over 80% of farms in relatively densely populated …
The Race to Relearn Hemp Farming Leslie Nemo,Undark 13/1/2019 Angela Post wasn’t supposed to study hemp. The North Carolina State agriculture researcher focuses on small grains like wheat and barley. But after the 2014 Farm Bill allowed states to investigate hemp, it became clear the seeds were lucrative. Post had the right equipment to study …
How climate change accelerates poverty and threatens livelihoods – NewsDay Zimbabwe 14/1/2019 AT independence in 1980 when I was growing up, I used to read and hear people talk about mantras such as health for all by the year 2000, education for all and poverty eradication by such and such a year. Guest column: …
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Zimbabwe develops new bean variety – NewsDay Zimbabwe 14/1/2019 ZIMBABWE has developed a new variety of bean seed which is expected to improve yields and cut the country’s reliance on imported varieties for canning products. By Freeman Makopa The new seed variety was developed by government’s Department of Research and Specialist Services after there …
Apiculture structures decentralised 14/1/2019 NewsDay THE Zimbabwe Apicultural Platform (ZAP) will this year set up provincial structures for easier access to old and new members as it gears towards an export drive. By Rex Mphisa In an interview recently, ZAP national interim secretary Welcome Bhila said his organisation would establish offices in all provinces …
ZCFU working on farmer database The Herald 14/1/2019 Midlands Bureau The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union (ZCFU) is working on coming up with a database of all farmers in the country, including those that fall under different farmers’ associations to push for loans and other forms of assistance both locally and regionally as a …
Armyworm scare in Mash West 14/1/2019 The Herald Fortunate Gora Mashonaland West Correspondent Agricultural experts in Mashonaland West have warned farmers to be on the alert for the fall armyworm that has been detected in some parts of the province. The warning comes just days after farmers have returned to their fields following the …