Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Chief Shana outclasses all Mat North chiefs Chronicle 15/4/2021 Chief Shana Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter CHIEF Shana of Jambezi is Matabeleland North’s best farmer among traditional leaders after he outclassed all chiefs in the province in terms of production. There are about 40 chiefs in Matabeleland North province. Government last year extended the …
‘Protect bumper harvest veld fires’ Herald 14/4/2021 Veld fires are a yearly menace in Zimbabwe Agriculture Reporter Farmers and other land users have been urged to protect their harvest ahead of the fire season, Environmental Management Agency (EMA) environmental education and publicity manager, Mrs Amkela Sidange, said yesterday. EMA says provinces at extreme risk …
New dawn for marginalised communities Herald 14/4/2021 A section of the vast Chiredzi map hosting Chilonga. Fungi Kwaramba-Political Editor THE Government has come up with a national master plan which will transform hitherto marginalised communities into areas of growth with capacity to economically contribute to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP). To start the …
Ema declares war on veld fires By Newsday.Co.Zw – April 13, 2021 BY BEAUTY NYUKE THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has called for public awareness on veld fires as the country has been losing over a million hectares of land every year to veld fires. In a statement yesterday, Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange said despite a 30,38% …
Plan to boost cotton growing Herald 13/4/2021 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) is coming up with a new sustainable production and marketing model ahead of the cotton marketing season to boost production. Government has already announced this year’s cotton floor producer price of $85 (about US$1) per kg. Speaking …
Decentralisation of tobacco floors will not only benefit farmers . . . Herald 14/4/2021 There are many people and businesses along the value chain that are benefiting from the decentralisation of tobacco floors Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight The 2021 tobacco marketing season got off to an auspicious start last Wednesday, with statistics from the Tobacco …
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Tobacco farmers earn US$9m in 3 days Herald 13/4/2021 Music legend Nicholas ‘Madzibaba’ Zakaria shows off some of his tobacco crop in Mazowe recently Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Farmers have earned US$8,9 million in the first three days of the 2021 tobacco marketing season after selling 3,7 million kg of the crop at the …
Time to devise new tobacco curing fuel Herald 13/4/2021 Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter The land reform programme implemented by the Government of Zimbabwe two decades ago has been a huge success especially in the tobacco sector, where locals have taken the sector to levels where production is almost at par with what white …
Calls for zumbani research Herald 13/4/2021 Ray Bande Senior Reporter Stakeholders have called for local research on the medicinal properties of the fever tea tree, locally known as zumbani. This comes as some of Manicaland’s biggest institutions are conducting research for the purposes of producing tea and throat lozenges from the plant. While the …
Major boost for winter wheat farming Herald 13/4/2021 Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Small-scale farmers with access to irrigation can now move into winter wheat and get an extra crop during the year with the Presidential Inputs Scheme expanded to include winter wheat with about 5 000 hectares likely to be planted in this scheme …