Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Basic food price freeze agreed Herald 22/4/2020 Minister Mutsvangwa Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Private sector producers and retailers have agreed with the Government to freeze prices of essential foods as part of measures to cope with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown measures required to contain the threat. The envisaged moratorium, still to …
Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow — UN Chronicle 22/4/2020 GENEVA — The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances …
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Amacimbi harvesters defy lockdown order Chronicle 22/4/2020 Amacimbi harvesters along Solusi Road near Bulawayo recently Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent MOPANE worm harvesters are continuing to flock to different parts of Matabeleland South Province to harvest amacimbi in defiance of the lockdown order issued by President Mnangagwa. The President extended the lockdown by two weeks …
Farmers get nod to sell directly to consumers Chronicle 22/4/2020 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE Midlands Provincial Covid-19 Taskforce committee has allowed fresh produce farmers to sell directly to consumers as opposed to vendors to limit contact of people as part of measures to curb the spread of the virus. On Sunday, President …
There will be life after Covid-19 Herald 21/4/2020 In these times of the Covid-19 pandemic, farmers must learn to harvest small quantities which can be sold and exhausted in a day and avoid ferrying huge quantities to the market where very few buyers are coming Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THE bulk of humanity’s day-to-day activities …
Opening of tobacco sales floors put on hold Herald 21/4/2020 Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter The 2020 tobacco marketing season which was scheduled to open yesterday has been postponed to allow stakeholders to devise mechanisms to sell the crop while ensuring minimum risks of spreading the Covid-19 pandemic. This was said by Lands, Agriculture, Water, …
A pandemic-driven food crisis in Africa can be prevented Chronicle 21/4/2020 We have only just begun to see the far-ranging consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. Chief among those is the threat of a food crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Unless measures are taken fast to keep global food supply chains operational and …
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Millers target private sector By Caroline Chiimba Daily News 20/4/2020 Grain millers association chairman Tafadzwa Musarara -Pic Annie Mpalume THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has turned to crowd funding from the private sector to raise the US$25 million needed for maize imports. The initiative is targeted at Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and non-governmental …
Govt sets maize producer price at $12 329/t – NewsDay Zimbabwe 20/4/2020 GOVERNMENT has reviewed upwards the producer prices for maize, traditional grains and soyabeans for the 2020/21 marketing season with the effect from April 1, 2020. — BY TAFADZWA MHLANGA The new price for maize was pegged at $12 329, traditional grains at $12 …
Kapenta fishing ban lifted Herald 20/4/2020 Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau Government has exempted kapenta fishing in Lake Kariba from the lockdown, but set stringent measures that must be followed to minimise spread of Covid-19. Among the raft of measures is a strict monitoring and sanitisation in the kapenta value chain, including limiting the number …