Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco firms rapped over deforestation By Newsday – February 4, 2020 BY NHAU MANGIRAZI THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has come under attack for licensing tobacco firms that are fuelling deforestation in Hurungwe as they subcontract farmers who cannot afford buying coal and end up chopping down trees to cure the golden leaf. Many tobacco firms …
Mbire District has massive irrigation potential: Shiri Herald 4/2/2020 Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau Mbire District is still lagging behind in terms of economic development, but is a “mini paradise” with massive potential in irrigation, as well as crocodile and fish farming, a Cabinet minister has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister …
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Seedco downbeat over volume decline Herald 4/2/2020 Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Seed manufacturing giant, Seed Co Limited, is downbeat of its sales volumes for the current financial year due to a host of economic challenges currently obtaining, key among them inflationary pressures resulting in waning disposable incomes. Already, Seed Co has recorded depressed volumes …
Govt to preserve Mazowe Valley, Nehanda shrine Herald 4/2/2020 ABOVE LEFT: Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe (left), Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi (right) and Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Mangaliso Ndlovu (centre) tour the Mbuya Nehanda Shrine (right) in Christon Bank, Mazowe yesterday. — Picture …
Locust swarms threaten more East African countries Chronicle 4/2/2020 NAIROBI – Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said yesterday. The swarms, first sighted in December, have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares …
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Letters to the Editor: Sell one or two and save the rest Chronicle 4/2/2020 Obert Chifamba, Harare Bureau COMMON sense decrees that you do not stand and observe a stone that is about to strike you. The most logical thing is to duck or even run! It seems cattle farmers have always been found …
Sugar scandals in Zimbabwe’s lowveld 0 February 3, 2020 8:15 AM Source: Sugar scandals in Zimbabwe’s lowveld | zimbabweland While visiting our research sites in Mkwasine and Hippo Valley in Zimbabwe’s lowveld recently, there was only one topic of conversation among sugar farmers we have been working with in land reform areas: the scandal that has overwhelmed the South African …
Zim scales up maize imports from SA 0 February 3, 2020 11:36 AM Source: Zim scales up maize imports from SA | Herald (Business) Panashe Chikonyora Zimbabwe last week imported 16 210 tonnes of grain leaving South Africa with tighter stocks, according to Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz). In …
Prized Cattle Are Thinned, Butchered Amid Zimbabwe’s Economic and Climate Crises 0 February 3, 2020 12:07 PM Source: Prized Cattle Are Thinned, Butchered Amid Zimbabwe’s Economic and Climate Crises Less pasture means thinner cattle, leaving farmers with few options to keep their livestock healthy. In response, many farmers thin or butcher their herds – but even that …
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Veld fires claim 2, destroy 1m hectares Herald 3/2/2020 Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent Two people were killed while close to one million hectares of land were destroyed by veld fires across the country in 2019, an official has said. Environmental Management Agency (EMA) communications officer Ms Joyce Chapungu said during a media tour of Driefontein …