Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Free tillage programme benefits 921 Midlands farmers Chronicle 29/1/2020 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief A total of 921 farmers in Midlands province have benefited from the free tillage programme targeting smallholders. The programme which was launched last December in Lower Gweru is being implemented by the District Development Fund (DDF). In an interview yesterday, …
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Letters to the Editor: Wetlands vital in protecting our biodiversity Chronicle 29/1/2020 Sifelani Tsiko, Harare Bureau It’s now close to half a century ever since the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Iran as an international treaty to strengthen the management and wise use of wetland resources. World Wetlands Day is held …
Byo supply dams at 34% Chronicle 29/1/2020 Mr Solomon Mguni Michell Zvanyanya, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni yesterday said the overall capacity in the city’s supply dams is sitting slightly above 34 percent and urged residents to continue using the available water sparingly. Speaking during a day of prayer and thanksgiving at …
Call on beef industry to improve standards Chronicle 29/1/2020 Industrialists follow proceedings during a meeting with the European Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Timo Olkkonen in Bulawayo recently Pride Mahlangu, Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe beef and leather industry has been urged to improve its standards for it to excel and compete in western markets. …
Need for sustained climate change awareness By Newsday – January 27, 2020 guest column:Peter Makwanya CONSIDERING that climate change is not a juicy subject, which people need and may not want, it is prone to divided or split attention. Climate change may not be as attractive and marketable as adverts for beverages, fast foods or other upmarket …
Zim hunger: UN raises alarm By Newsday – January 27, 2020 Moses Matenga/Fin24.com THE United Nations (UN) has raised a red flag over looming food shortages in Zimbabwe highlighting that so far there is little evidence that enough maize is coming to feed the drought-stricken nation’s 7,7 million people, but government insists that it is prepared to …
5 000 cattle succumb to January disease By Newsday – January 28, 2020 BY KENNETH NYANGANI BUHERA district has lost over 5 000 cattle to the January disease which is wreaking havoc in the district, a senior government official has said. Buhera district development co-ordinator (DCC) Freeman Mavhiza made the remarks last week during a tour of …
Bring maize-meal subsidy abusers to book Herald 28/1/2020 There is an unsavoury behaviour that has been developing over the years among Zimbabweans. It is a deplorable habit that manifests itself through greed and self-aggrandisement. It is also a characteristic, which speaks very well into George Orwell’s classic “Animal Farm”, that aptly demonstrates how systems …
Beware the Ides of yesteryear cotton selling seasons Herald 28/1/2020 Farmers ponder their next move following a delay by cotton buying companies to pay them their dues Obert Chifamba, Agri-Insight THE coming in of Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) as a sponsor in cotton production seems to have saved the rocking lint industry’s ship …
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Govt promotes tobacco woodlots Herald 28/1/2020 Minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Government has launched the Tobacco Wood Energy Programme (TWEP) designed to provide woodlots for tobacco curing and avert further depletion of forests on farms. TWEP was launched by Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu last Friday in …