Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Winter maize project vital to ease shortages Herald 17/3/2020 THE partnership between the Government and sugar manufacturing giant, Tongaat Hulett to produce 1 186 tonnes of irrigated winter maize under the Smart Agriculture concept is commendable and provides important lessons for the country. Maize produced under the initiative is meant to …
Uninspected meat: Operation Nyama Yabvepi underway Herald 17/3/2020 Minister Shiri Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter Authorities are intensifying efforts to ensure that no sick animals are accepted for slaughter and no uninspected meat is put on sale. Officials from the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Ministry of Health and …
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Foreign investor for Byo Kraal Chronicle 17/3/2020 Centre pivots lie idle at the under utilised Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter BULAWAYO Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga district is set to get a major boost after the Government secured foreign investor who will inject millions of dollars towards its revitalisation …
Millers call for increase in grain allocations Chronicle 17/3/2020 Small-to-Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe interim chairman Mr Davis Muhambi (left) stresses a point during a Press conference held in Bulawayo last Friday while vice chairman of the southern region Mr Wesley Ncube (centre) and the association treasurer general Mr Thabiso Siyakatshana listen Business Reporter …
Vandalism, squabbles stall Bulawayo Kraal Chronicle 17/3/2020 A centre pivot hangs over a moisture-stressed crop at Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme IT’S a sultry yet windy afternoon in Binga. Ms Lilian Munga (60) rubs her eyes as she squints in reaction to strong light reflecting off the silver surfaces of overhead centre pivots. She has …
Smallholder farmers must come together Sunday Mail 15/3/2020 Allan Majuru Trade Focus ZIMBABWE has experienced an increase in smallholder farmers in recent years. Although some of these smallholder farmers can meet local demand, the same cannot be said for the export market, which normally requires huge quantities over prolonged periods. Given this challenge of …
‘400k cattle succumb to disease, drought’ Sunday Mail 15/3/2020 Prince Mushawevato MORE than 350 000 cattle have been lost over the past year to a combination of disease, drought and panic slaughtering, with January Disease (theileriosis) accounting for most of the deaths. Authorities continue to find it difficult to contain the tick-borne disease. “The …
A conveyor belt of diseased meat …Sophisticated trafficking rings emerge Sunday Mail 16/3/2020 Tendai Chara Carnage and disaster! These are two words that can best describe the growing illicit trade of diseased meat between desperate farmers and unscrupulous meat retailers. And it is the unsuspecting consumers that are the ultimate losers. Despite rising alarm, …
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Govt, UN in beekeeping training programme NewsDay 14/3/2020 Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme has embarked on a two-week apiculture training programme for rural communities meant to save the country’s forests. BY SHARON SIBINDI Supported by the Russia government, the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) programme, under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, …
Apiculture to transform lives in Bulilima NewsDay 14.3.2020 BY SHARON SIBINDI IN KHAME BEE-KEEPING is a mitigation strategy to deal with climate challenge in Zimbabwe, a climate change mitigation expert Lawrence Mashungu has said. Mashungu made the sentiments during a one-week bee-keeping training programme in Khame’s ward 22 area in Bulilima East, Plumtree, organised by …