Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Kariba floodgates won’t be opened this year 0 March 30, 2021 8:48 PM Source: Kariba floodgates won’t be opened this year | The Herald Zambezi River Authority director for Water Resources and Environmental Management Engineer Christopher Chisense. Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has ruled out opening the Kariba Dam floodgates this year amid indications that …
Zim female student in unique agric research Herald 30/3/2021 Sandra Madamombe Herald Reporter The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s Marange experiments to integrate contours, membranes and utilise run-off in agriculture are being commended for their notable yields. At a recently held field day, the project’s researcher, Swedish …
Crop harvesting a delicate process, give it full commitment Herald 30/3/2021 Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IT is that time of the year again when every farmer has to make peace with the literal interpretation of the adage ‘you reap what you sow’. Indeed, farmers are reaping what they sow at the start of the 2020/21 …
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FAO warns African states over avian influenza Chronicle 30/3/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned African countries of a highly pathogenic avian influenza following a spike in reports of detections of the bird flu in wild birds across Europe. The multi-lateral agricultural organisation said the disease has …
Sembewule develops into horticulture greenbelt Chronicle 30/3/2021 Mr Wilson Mlotshwa and wife Ms Sithembile Thwala stand in their flower field Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter DEEP in the thickest end of Nkayi District in Matabeleland North lies a little known area, Sembewule, which has silently developed itself into a horticulture greenbelt. Sembewule falls under …
Covid-19 hits Padenga’s crocodile business 0 March 29, 2021 10:48 AM Source: Covid-19 hits Padenga’s crocodile business | The Herald Enacy Mapakame Crocodile breeder, Padenga Holdings Limited, has warned of a significant fall in profitability for the year to December 31, 2020 relative to prior year due to the negative effects of the Covid-19. Since last year, global …
Prices of chicken products set to rise By Newsday.Co.Zw – March 27, 2021 By Melody Chikono PRICES of chicken products are set to rise as government is yet to renew legislation which suspended import duty on fertilised poultry eggs. Statutory Instrument (SI) 245 of 2020 instituted in October suspended duty on fertilised poultry eggs imported by approved …
Young Shurugwi farmer breaks stereotypes Herald 29/3/2021 Tamiswa Njovana tends to his chickens Mirriam Madiye Features Writer At the age of 34, Tamiswa Njovana of Shurugwi has broken stereotypes that farming is for the older generation. He is one of many young farmers that are changing the face of Zimbabwe’s agriculture. At that youthful …
Mazowe Dam won’t fill up this season Herald 29/3/2021 mazowe dam Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Mazowe Dam, a major dam in Mashonaland Central province, is at 40,9 percent full despite improved inflows into other inland dams due to above normal rains received in the 2020/2021 cropping season. Zimbabwe National Water Authority …
Crop hectarage increases by 23pc Herald 29/3/2021 Dr Basera Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Farmers planted different crops on over 3,4 million hectares in the 2020/2021 agricultural season, driven by a good rainfall forecast, early distribution of inputs and capacitation of extension workers. This represents a 23 percent increase in the area under crops, from …