Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Orange-fleshed sweet potato: An export gamechanger Sunday Mail 2/5/2021 THE recent addition of the orange-fleshed sweet potato to the nation’s food basket by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement is a giant step towards improving exports of sweet potatoes and livelihoods of farmers. peaking during the launch of the programme, …
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Big cheer for tobacco farmers 2/5/2021 Sunday Mail Reporter TOBACCO farmers are smiling all the way to the bank as payments are being made as per Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directive, which stipulates that 60 percent of farmers’ earnings should be in foreign currency, while the remainder is liquidated at the prevailing foreign …
Poultry industry plunged into crisis 0 May 2, 2021 1:23 PM Source: Poultry industry plunged into crisis | The Standard BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S poultry sector has again been plunged into a crisis, with farmers decrying a serious shortage of day-old chicks, high input costs and chick mortality, Standardbusiness has established. Chick prices have risen by between 15% and …
Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal 0 May 2, 2021 8:41 PM Wait times for crop payments and exchange-rate roulette can wreak havoc on tobacco farmers’ profits. Source: Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal | Agriculture News | Al Jazeera Under the new tobacco-selling regulations put in place since the coronavirus pandemic struck, Zimbabwe’s …
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Armed robbers target tobacco farmers 0 May 3, 2021 2:05 AM Source: Armed robbers target tobacco farmers – DailyNews ARMED robbers are using police and army uniforms to rob tobacco farmers at night in the capital, the police have warned. The police said gangs of robbers moving in unregistered vehicles were targeting farmers taking their harvest to tobacco …
Tobacco payments hit by system failures – The Zimbabwe Independent 4/30/2021 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA PAYMENTS to tobacco farmers have been affected by multiple system failures that have left unions worried, businessdigest established this week. Farmers’ leaders said they had filed complaints with the central bank and the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) after the gridlocks, which …
‘Land Bank now ready for launch’ – The Zimbabwe Independent 30/4/2021 BY MELODY CHIKONO Last week, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Vangelis Haritatos (VH, pictured) oversaw an in-calf dairy distribution handover ceremony through which a batch of 147 in-calf heifers was given to 121 dairy farmers. The event was facilitated by Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain …
2021 tobacco season winners – The Zimbabwe Independent 30/4/2021 BY TAFARA MTUTU Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco selling season started on an upbeat note as sales volumes and average sales volumes exceeded prior year comparative figures since day 1 of the selling season. As of April 20, 2021, Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) statistics reveal that …
Time to enact a contract farming law – The Zimbabwe Independent 30/4/2021 REVELATIONS elsewhere in this issue that tobacco farmers have been struggling to access their monies after making deliveries demonstrate that exploitation is continuing in this sector. Something is not right, especially among contracting firms because they are acting like fraudsters. Why have they …
Dairy industry requires US$1bn for machinery – The Zimbabwe Independent 30/4/2021 BY MELODY CHIKONO ZIMBABWE’S ailing dairy industry requires up to US$1 billion to replace antiquated machinery at a time the sector is reeling from prohibitive lending rates. This comes as the Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) this week warned that the country’s banks did not …