Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Chimanimani expects bumper harvest Herald 13/3/2020 Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau Farmers in Chimanimani are expecting bumper yields following input support programmes to restore food security in the aftermath of the Cyclone Idai disaster. Many farmers in the district suffered losses when their crops, which had survived a bad agricultural season, were swept away by …
1 186t maize boost for Masvingo Herald 13/3/2020 Sydney Mubaiwa in Chiredzi Government, in partnership with Tongaat Hulett, has produced 1 186 tonnes of irrigated maize here. The yield will enhance food security in the province, which had been facing recurrent droughts. Tongaat partnered the Government to grow winter maize under the Smart Agriculture …
Kilimanjaro project gets State guarantee Herld 13/3/2020 Cde Chadzamira George Maponga Masvingo Bureau The US$40 million Kilimanjaro sugar cane project in the Lowveld has received a major boost after Government released a letter of undertaking to protect the investment. The venture, a partnership between South Africa-based Tongaat Hulett and local financial institutions, will create …
Forex relief for tobacco farmers Herald 13/3/2020 Ishemunyoro Chingwere and Elita Chikwati Tobacco farmers will this year have unlimited access to foreign currency from the sale of their crop after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) designated tobacco proceeds as free funds. Last year farmers were getting 50 percent of their earnings in United …
Agric recovery plan targets 5 000 irrigation farmers Herald 13/3/2020 Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau FIVE-THOUSAND highly productive irrigated farms countrywide will receive full contract farming support, including adequate fuel and uninterrupted power supply under the Government’s Agricultural Recovery Plan. In addition, about 1,6 million vulnerable households will be put under a climate-proofed Presidential Input …
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Zambia braces for water shortage Lake Kariba Zambia is facing severe water and electricity shortages after a lengthy drought, with reservoir levels remaining worryingly low despite recent rains. Water levels in Lake Kariba, the world’s largest artificial lake at more than 5 500 sq km, have dropped by six metres in the past three …
Work smarter, not always harder: ED Chronocle 13/3/2020 President Mnangagwa shows his soya bean crop to Minister of Defence Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri during a tour of his Pricabe Farm in Kwekwe yesterday. — (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday challenged farmers to embrace technology so they can work …
Bulk maize imports expected this year. Financial Gazette 12/3/2020 Tabitha Mutenga Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government is expected to import the bulk of the estimated 2,4 million tonnes of maize required by the Southern African Development Community to avert hunger during the 2019/2020 season, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. The FAO 2020 Crop Prospects …
The ‘secret weapon’ to agro-industrialisation Financial Gazette 6/3/2020 Mandivamba Rukuni THE 2019/20 season is most certainly going to contribute to further slowdown in Zimbabwe’s economic recovery agenda. It is now crucial that we have re-think both the food security and the re-industrialisation strategies in the long term. Before I go deeper into that though …
Residents threaten to protest over roller meal shortage NewsDay 12/3/2020 BY SIBONGINKOSI MAPHOSA BULAWAYO residents have threatened to take to the streets if maize meal shortages persist. Residents queuing for the staple product expressed concern over the shortages, claiming that the obtaining situation was precarious and if not addressed, they would be left with no …
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