Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Edible indigenous plants sustaining rural families The Chronicle 15/1/2022 Angela Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter EDIBLE indigenous plants are a blessing to people, especially those in the rural areas, at this time of the year. Matabeleland is blessed with edible indigenous plants that grow throughout the region though some vary from place to place. During the rainy …
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Zinwa hikes water tariffs The Chronicle 17/1/2022 Midlands Bureau Chief THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority has reviewed upwards tariffs of both treated and raw water. Zinwa, which mainly supplies water to small towns and growth points, last increased tariffs in November last year. Government in 2006 allowed Zinwa to take over all water functions countrywide, …
Tugwi-Mukosi spills The Chronicle 17/1/2022 Harare Bureau Zimbabwe’s second largest interior dam Tugwi-Mukosi spilled for the second time since its commissioning sparking fears of flooding in downstream areas in a development that has prompted the Civil Protection Unit in Chiredzi to be on high alert. The historic spilling of the 1,8bilion cubic metre capacity dam …
Cottco rolls out ambitious strategic plan The Chronicle 17/1/2022 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) is rolling-out an ambitious strategic plan to bolster value addition in the cotton-clothing value chain and productivity in line with the National Development Strategy 1. Under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS 1), a five-year …
NEW: Farmers to submit annual productions reports The Sunday Mail 14/1/2022 Zimbabwean farmers are now required to submit annual production reports, as Government moves to ensure maximum land utilisation and also to identify under-utilised farms, which will be repossessed for redistribution, a Cabinet Minister has said. At the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe embarked on …
Sustainable agric information system tops Sadc project The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Dr Elma Zanamwe is a project officer at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). She is managing a regional project called “Support towards the Operationalisation of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy” (STOSAR), which seeks to enhance information on agricultural production, …
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Time to harness potential in traditional medicine The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Trade Focus Allan Majuru WHO would ever thought zumbani/umsuzwane (lippia javanica) would dominate discussions on home remedies for the coronavirus in the world of developed pharmaceutical industries? This might look like an isolated incident, but it is not. A few years ago, there was …
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Lablab bean: A good forage crop for livestock The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Word from the market with AMA The livestock sector is a source of livelihood for more than 60 percent of the rural households in the country and makes a significant contribution in terms of foreign currency generation and food security to mention, but …
Productivity doesn’t guarantee success The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Rutendo Gwatidzo Who deserves success? Victory does not discriminate and belongs to everyone who fights for it. However, success does not come through just fighting in any way, it comes from fighting using winning strategies. The road to success is not an easy one to tread …
Cottco seeks $800m to clear farmers’ debts The Sunday Mail 16/1/2022 Business Reporter Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) says it will mobilise $800 million to clear outstanding debts to cotton farmers after the Government settled the unpaid portion of the 2020 subsidy. The nearly $1 billion Cottco needs to clear arrears includes unpaid amounts for …