Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Trust eyes 5 000ha for winter maize project Herald 19/3/2020 Munashe Bote of Bote Village, Mudzi (pictured right), inspects some of his traditional grains over the weekend. The young farmer is expecting a bumper harvest from traditional grains which thrive in drought-prone regions George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Masvingo Development Trust (MDT) is negotiating with Lowveld …
Tongaat eyes US$30m Moza investment Herald 19/3/2020 Tongaat-Hulett Maputo. — The South African company Tongaat Hulett, the majority shareholder in the Xinavane and Mafambisse sugar mills, in the Mozambican provinces of Maputo and Sofala respectively, has promised to invest about 500 million rands (about US$29,5 million to reactivate production. The decision to make new …
Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry 40 years on Herald 19/3/2020 A significant number of indigenous Zimbabwean farmers are starting to show their potential in growing the golden leaf Tawanda Musarurwa Emerging at independence as a largely white-dominated sector, Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector has come a long way to its present state, where it is one of the …
Zim records 50k tonnes tobacco exports Herald 19/3/2020 Oliver Kazunga Bulawayo Bureau Zimbabwe has exported close to 50 000 tonnes of tobacco to different parts of the world since the beginning of the year, latest data from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) shows. Although TIMB did not indicate the value of the golden …
Law vs survival in Byo’s charcoal trade Chronicle 19/3/2020 Charcoal vendors and their customers at Luveve Railway Station in Bulawayo Ishmmael Zulu, Chronicle Reporter ONCE the train from Victoria Falls stops at Luveve Station, more than two dozen men and women carrying heavy sacks filled with charcoal disembark. They are here for business. At …
President commissions US$15m irrigation project Chronicle 19/3/2020 Samuel Kadungure, Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday had a hectic programme in Nyanga that saw him officially commission Nyakomba Irrigation Scheme in the morning before addressing a rally at Bumhira Secondary School in the afternoon. The project, which started in 2015, was funded to the tune of US$15 …
Govt intensifies Pfumvudza agriculture Herald 18/3/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Government is intensifying efforts to boost agricultural production through conservation agriculture methods (also known as Pfumvudza) to guarantee food self-sufficiency and commercialise smallholder agriculture. Under the Pfumvudza concept, communal farmers will now be required to practise conservation agriculture, a concept also known as Pfumvudza …
New measures to regulate amacimbi harvesting on cards Herald 18/3/2020 Sifelani Tsiko recently in Plumtree Bulilima District in the southern part of the country is taking practical steps to control the harvesting of amacimbi (imbrassia belina), a delicacy which is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild due to over-harvesting and deforestation. …
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Waging war on locusts: Fungus vs pesticides Herald 18/3/2020 Locusts Manfred Hartbauer Correspondent Swarming locusts are famous for their destructive potential. Currently, locust outbreaks in East Africa are threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of farmers and their families. For instance, a recent swarm in Kenya consumed more than 2 000 tonnes of food. Despite the …
Irrigation rehab to benefit hundreds Herald 18/3/2020 Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau Hundreds of families in Chimanimani West are set to benefit from the rehabilitation of irrigation schemes that were damaged by Cyclone Idai last year, as work is expected to commence soon. The irrigation schemes have for years been the source of livelihood for …