Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers urged to embrace smart agric The Herald 29/11/2021 Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Farai Dauramanzi Herald Reporter The Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) has urged farmers to embrace the Smart Agriculture concept that was recently adopted by Government, saying that the use of new technologies will enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, improve …
High school creates green belt The Chronicle 29/11/2021 Tsholotsho High School head, Mr Sicelo Dube, and learners with harvested onions being dried. Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter TSHOLOTSHO High School has cut its expenditure by 80 percent due to successful agricultural ventures that the institution has embarked on as it implements Pfumvudza/Intwasa climate-proof farming programme. The …
WHO digs in against tobacco The Sunday Mail 28/ 11/2021 Business Reporter The just-ended ninth Conference of Parties (COP) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) held in the Netherlands did not disappoint. As was largely expected, the global health body stuck to its guns by doubling down on its …
Plumtree woman wins international agricultural award 0 November 28, 2021 9:02 AM Source: Plumtree woman wins international agricultural award | Sunday News (local news) Mthabisi Tshuma, Sunday News Reporter AGRICULTURAL organisation Africa Grain and Seed (AGS) vice-president Mrs Zandile Matiwaza-Denga who hails from Plumtree town has raised the Zimbabwean flag high after she won the Fin Women …
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Lithuania frees the hemp flower, but more changes are needed Harvesting flowers in Lithuania. (Photo: HempSpot) POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® NOVEMBER 26, 2021 Lithuanian hemp producers may now grow and sell hemp flowers on the domestic market after a new law took effect this month. But the changes have done little to cheer the country’s hemp operators amid …
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Average to above normal rains for southern, central Africa, but delays to affect maize maturity Lenin Ndebele in Zimbabwee African countries are facing possible problems with maize production. Southern and central Africa to receive normal to above-normal rains, raising the possibility of a bumper harvest. But a dry spell is set to continue into December …
Resilience programme revamps irrigation The Herald 26/11/2021 Thupeyo Muleya–Beitbridge Bureau The three-year Zimbabwe Resilience Programme which the Government is implementing in partnership with a consortium funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has helped to revamp major irrigation projects in Beitbridge district. UNDP availed $5,3 million for the initiative that ran between 2017 …
GMB stops mealie meal sales, production The Chronicle 26/11/2021 Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has said it stopped producing and selling mealie- meal hence members of the public must not fall prey to conmen who purport to be employees of the parastatal. This follows reports that a man in Bulawayo who …
India takes first steps to opening up market for hempseed-based foods Posted By: HempToday® 24/11/2021 Food safety authorities in India have approved hemp seeds, hemp seed oil and seed-based flour as food and food ingredients, signaling a first crack in the opening of a vast market of 1.4 billion consumers. The Food Safety and Security …
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Project plants seed of hope The Herald 25/11/2021 Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau AT least 20 communal and commercial farmers in Mhangura are expected to benefit from Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT)’s free artificial insemination programme aimed at boosting beef and dairy herds with better breeds. The pilot project is being bankrolled by ZB Bank …