Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Dairibord, Tavistock in strategic alliance Herald 3/2/20203. Fradreck Gorwe Zimbabwe’s main producer and supplier of milk and milk-based products, Dairibord Zimbabwe Private Limited (DZPL), has entered into a strategic alliance and share subscription agreement with its single largest supplier of raw milk, Tavistock Estate Limited. This development will see the parties collaborating in the …
Company launches new campaign to plant and monitor one million trees Chronicle 3/2/2020 Olia Danckwerts A ZIMBABWEAN company, Treeco has launched its new campaign to plant one million trees in Zimbabwe and monitor and study their progress and impact through its newly developed mobile application. The first 1000 fruit and indigenous trees, sponsored by …
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Livestock experts call for goat policy Sunday Mail 2/2/2020 Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Farming Reporter LIVESTOCK experts have called on the Government to formulate a national goat policy, a move aimed at putting in place guidelines to stimulate the growth of the sub-sector and improve its contribution to the country’s economy. In an interview with Sunday News …
Hunger crisis in Southern Africa . . . 45 million people face starvation . . . Zimbabwe hardest hit, says WFP Sunday Mail 2/2/2020 Peter Matika, Senior Reporter AN estimated 45 million people — mostly women and children in Southern Africa are food insecure with Zimbabwe hardest hit following consecutive droughts and widespread flooding, a …
Farmers should adopt the bush meal concept for resilience Sunday Mail 2/2/2020 Mhlupheki Dube AS it becomes crystal clear that the country will experience a mother of all droughts in Matabeleland and other southern parts, it is imperative that we remind ourselves of survival and copying strategies as livestock farmers. The first strategy which is …
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Arda Trek Antelope goes without electricity Sunday Mail 2/2/2020 Arda Antelope Estate manager Mr Alec Chinyayi shows the maize crop that has been hit by heat wave owing to lack of irrigation water following theft of electrical cables last year Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Farming Reporter THE viability of Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda)-Trek Antelope …
Zacc probes GMB . . . Employees’ mealie meal allocation arrangement suspended . . . 60 percent of commodity being channelled to the black market Sunday Mail 2/2/2020 Dealers sell 20kg bags of mealie meal at Renkini Long Distance Bus terminus in Bulawayo last week. The mealie meal was being sold for $130 Dumisani …
Zimbabwe News: Ban on GM Corn Imports Lifted to Avert Famine 1 February 2, 2020 2:05 AM Source: Zimbabwe News: Ban on GM Corn Imports Lifted to Avert Famine – Bloomberg Zimbabwe has quietly lifted a ban on imports of genetically modified corn for the first time in 12 years as the southern African nation begins to …
Zimbabwe News: South African Corn Imports Hit 7-Year High 0 February 3, 2020 2:00 AM Source: Zimbabwe News: South African Corn Imports Hit 7-Year High – Bloomberg South Africa exported 13,688 tons of corn to Zimbabwe in the week ended Jan. 24, the highest weekly amount since Dec. 2013, in a sign the drought-stricken country may finally be …
Letters to the Editor: High premiums stall uptake of agriculture insurance in Zimbabwe Chronicle 31/1/2020 Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau Natural disasters have often affected the agriculture sector with most farmers especially smallholder farmers registering huge losses as they would have not insured their crops, livestock and properties. Insurance provides peace of mind in the event …
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