Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Timber firms to lose US$800 000 Herald 18/3/2020 Timber Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau Timber companies in Chimanimani could lose US$800 000 over the next three weeks because their trucks cannot negotiate the detour when the Skyline-Chimanimani Road is closed to finish off rehabilitation works. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development closed an eight-kilometre stretch …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Agric Recovery Plan step in right direction Identifying 5 000 farmers on highly irrigated farms that will benefit under the Government’s Agricultural Recovery Plan (ARP) is an important step in creating a food secure nation and restoring Zimbabwe to its erstwhile status as the breadbasket of southern Africa. The plan confirms the …
2020 wheat producer price announced Herald 18/3/2020 Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa. Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has announced the 2020 pre-planting winter wheat producer price of ZW$14 143, 73 per tonne for Grade A, with other grades fetching ZW$11 786, 44. Also, the floor price for a tonne of soya …
TSL ups tobacco marketing preparations Chronicle 18/3/2020 Fradreck Gorwe, Harare Bureau TSL has upped preparations for the upcoming tobacco marketing season expected to start towards the close of the second quarter. As part of preparations, the company has in the first quarter mobilised capital, both human and financial, as well as up-scaling technologies to …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Efforts to revive Bulawayo Kraal irrigation scheme must succeed Chronicle 18/3/2020 Yesterday we published two stories on Binga’s Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme which has basically not functioned since its establishment in 2004. Two loaded photographs went with the pieces, one showing a centre pivot — that quintessential piece of modern irrigation equipment — standing idle over …
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Livestock farmers told to de-stock By Vasco Chaya Daily News 16/3/2020 MINISTER of Agriculture Perrance Shiri, pictured, says farmers should not sit by and watch their cattle succumbing to diseases and drought, but should instead sell part of their livestock to invest in the surviving ones. This comes after the country lost about 400 000 …
Zimra creates fast lane for maize imports NewsDay 16/3/2020 By Rex Mphisa GOVERNMENT has imported close to 300 000 tonnes of maize since January with the bulk of the imports coming through Beitbridge Border Post, NewsDay has learnt. According to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), 143 725 tonnes were hauled through Beitbridge where a fast …
Sand dams could be answer to water woes in drought Herald 17/3/2020 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Everything begins with water, so goes an old adage. And harnessing low-tech innovations such as sand dams could help communities in drought-prone parts of the country prepare for the effects of climate change that now …
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Bakers send SOS to Government Herald 17/3/2020 Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter The Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ )wants the Government to extend the period it granted them to import flour and to contract farmers to grow more wheat this winter season to boost local supplies. BAZ said its members were faced with challenges that …
Agric extension, journey travelled so far . . . Herald 17/3/2020 Extension services help farmers adapt in the ever-changing climatic environment Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IT all started with nine agricultural demonstration workers in 1927. This was followed by the establishment of the Department of Conservation and Extension (Conex) and the Department of Agricultural Development. …