Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Packaging cost could push up mealie meal price The Herald 6/11/2018 Enacy Mapakame The price of mealie meal could increase if tomorrow’s deliberations between millers and packaging manufacturers fail to reach a consensus after the latter increased cost of packaging by over 500 percent. Manufacturers of packaging for mealie meal and bread more …
Agri-business window of opportunity for Matebeleland farmers The Chronicle 6/11/2018 Judith Moyo A CATTLE production study conducted in South Africa by Punjabi has shown that across the world rapid agricultural growth occurs on mainly on post-production activities. This phenomenon is largely influenced by growth of middle income consumers even in low income countries …
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$30m soya outgrower scheme launched Part of soya bean alliance strategic partners follow proceedings at a Press conference at United Refineries in Bulawayo yesterday The Chronicle 6/11/2018 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter LEADING personal care and agro-processing firm, United Refineries Limited (URL), together with its strategic partners, yesterday launched a $30 million soya …
Vet officers kill 25 livestock at roadblock – NewsDay Zimbabwe 5/11/2018 A 47-YEAR-OLD St Alberts farmer was arrested and four of his cattle were killed and burnt at a police roadblock in Centenary while his Muzarabani counterpart’s 21 goats suffered the same fate yesterday after trying to illegally drive them away from the foot-and-mouth …
Sowing the seeds of food insecurity The Herald 5/11/2018 Rumbidzai Ngwenya Features Writer FOR Gogo Cornelia Chiriseri (75) of Mabvuku, Harared, the coming of the rainy season means life. For her, it means it’s time to buy seed and prepare the land for cropping. Farming is in her blood and she makes sure …
Climate change will push millions of Africans into poverty: Oxfam The Chronicle 5/11/2018 Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor OXFAM International has warned that the rising temperatures as a result of climate change could plunge millions of Africans into hunger and poverty unless governments take swift action to minimise the impact. The sentiment comes on …
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ZCFU projects 525 percent winter wheat harvest growth The Chronicle 5/11/2018 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union (ZCFU) has projected that this year winter wheat harvest will grow by at least 525 percent to 125 000 tonnes on the back of the Command Agriculture programme. In April, Government launched …
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FCZ frets over woodlands 4/11/2018 Source: FCZ frets over woodlands | Sunday Mail (Local News) Tichafara BepeAs Zimbabwe cheers the growing army of tobacco farmers and burgeoning growth in the subsector, a problem is brewing on the farms and plots where production of the golden leaf is taking place. Woodlands and forests, which supply the …
Prohibitive input prices will ruin Zim prospects 5/11/2018 Source: Prohibitive input prices will ruin Zim prospects | Daily News HARARE – The recent wave of price increases that has been sweeping across the country has not spared the country’s agricultural sector, without doubt the mainstay of the Zimbabwean economy. Prices of farming inputs — especially those …
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‘Macadamia growers competent, need better collaborations’ DUTCH macadamia expert, Hans Werweij, who wrapped up a two-week scoping exercise in Zimbabwe last Friday, says Zimbabwean macadamia growers are technically competent but need to collaborate better to ensure consistency and quality of Zimbabwean nuts. Source: ‘Macadamia growers competent, need better collaborations’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe November 5, 2018 By …
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